We'd had a rundown on the rules from an Aussie guy in Tasmania, but there was still a lot of grey areas we weren't sure about and we had to work out from watching the game. For example when was it acceptable to punch another player in the face? Where the hell are all the fit cheerleaders? Is it ok to shout obsenities from the crowd?The answers, respectively are: all the time; there aren't any - the players wouldnt be able to concentrate; Only if you have "Obscenities" marked on your ticket and have brought your young children along to hear.
We watched the Hawthorn Hawks play the Collingwood Magpies. I spent the first quarter trying to take photos of people having fights, but they were all over so quickly and there weren't really that many so I gave up. This is the closest I came, but I believe it could well have been a bit of legitimate play:
At the start of the game we sat down with the famous Aussie "four and twenty" meat pies while we watched. At half time they were selling lattes in the bar area. Lattes indeed! It was all downhill from there. Number
43 decided he was going to hold hands with opposing Number 19 for the rest of the game. Number 19 didn't like this at first and would keep trying to run away. But then they both warmed to each other and walked happily around the field together until the final whistle blew. Seeing their Number 43 so contented holding on to a member of the opposite team, Collingwood lost it and threw their half time lead away to a crushing and humiliating full time defeat.At least I think that's what happened anyway...
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