Rugby league football (“footy”)
is one of, if not the most popular sport in Australia. The elite professional
rugby league club competition is the National Rugby League (NRL).
The Rugby League State of
Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Australian interstate rugby league
matches between the two strongest rugby league states - the Queensland Maroons
and the New South Wales Blues. It is highly anticipated by Australians, and it
was compared to the American Super Bowl to me.
Game 1 was played in
Melbourne on May 23, and Queensland took a win!
Final score: QLD 18 /
NSW 10
A bunch of us all
went to the Tavern right by our apartment complex to enjoy a few jugs of beer
while watching the game.
Game 2 was played yesterday
(June 13) in Sydney, and New South Wales won.
Final score: NSW 16 /
QLD 12
Queensland didn’t win this
game unfortunately, but at least the series is still alive now and game 3 will
be intense.
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| Go Queensland! |
Excitingly, Autumn won
tickets on the radio to watch the game at the Robina Event Cinema! So off we
went, decked out in Queensland gear, to watch the action on the big screen! We
had a great time. Watching the game on such a huge screen and being surrounded
by cheering fans almost made me feel like we were actually at the game. We were
also given free popcorn, M&Ms, and soda, which were all the largest portion
sizes I have ever seen. I said they were like American sizes, but even larger!
I did my best, but I barely even made a dent in my ginormous bucket of popcorn.
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| Extra, Extra Large Popcorn, Soda, and M&Ms! |
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| Candy Station! |
Game 3 is going to be played
in Brisbane on July 4. I will be back in America by then, celebrating the 4th
of July, but I will have to watch the game online to (hopefully) see Queensland
take another series victory! The Queensland Maroons have won the past 6 years
in a row!
Rugby is an incredibly
aggressive contact sport and there are some intense tackles that go down. What
is crazy to me is that rugby players wear the bare minimum of protective gear.
No helmets or pads, they just simply wear their uniforms, cleats, and mouth
guards.
Here is a video of some of
the highlights of game 2:
Tip for the ladies: there are
“heaps” of good-looking men who play professional footy. And, they all wear tight
shirts and short shorts! And, they have the most muscular thighs I have ever
seen! Even if you don’t like sports, you’d probably love Aussie footy ;)
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