ok this is my second entry thing about rugby games but i just have to say it again.. that this game seriously insane 'cause not only are the players TANKS ..BUT IT IS ACTUALLY WAR out there
soooooooo swansea and cardiff are the two biggest towns in wales. both w/universities. every year all the sports teams from cardiff and swansea compete all.day.long. this event is called VARSITY. watched a bit of tennis, watched wendy & her bball team win some outrageous score of 108 to 33, and watched our boys bball. finally after much drinking, anticipating, fervour, and impatience, the last game of the day/afternoon/evening (and really the only one that matters) is the RUGBY MATCH
watch carefully.
basically.. in order to start the game you use strength to push the other team. there are two players inside this web held up by their armpits and while this is all happening a ball is thrown INSIDE (you can see the ball being thrown in) this web thing and the two players being held up have to use their feet to kick it BACKWARDS..
so yeah in the first half.. we already have a blood bath, lifelessness on the field, about 5 streakers, about 5 balls kicked into the audience (which is actually quite scary when youre small and standing in the middle of it)
but after cardiff won, a HUUUGE celebration breaks out and everyone runs out on the field in the rain cheering and hoisting people up on their shoulders. not gonna lie even after all that, the crowd and everything that happens around you is pretty amazing. mmm bittersweet.
and how they hoisted up ANY of the players up is really quite incredible
i imagine this kind of hype to be like USC UCLA football or any other normal university match. too bad SFSTATE is behind on the sports scene...
ohhh and it is seriously worth noting that our cheerleading team is crap. they either dropped each other, fell over, or attempted too many unfortunate attempts and decided to not participate in the rest of the routine. at least it was funny
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