It's a men's world ;-)

New Zealand All Blacks Haka Kapa O Pango





or at least a men's sport what we've seen today. I've been with Steffi, Norman and some other interns of VW at the Telstra Stadium in order to see one of the aussie games...today's special: National Rugby League (check the rules at wikipedia - we should've done that before too ;) ). Sydney Rabbithos vs. New Zealand Warriors...A wonderfull day, sunny, warm (actually pretty hot)...perfect for seeing some sports...And it was, uhm yeah, interesting to see those super trained guys running into each other in order to prevent the other guy from carrying the ball as far as possible. Actually, our european mind wasn't able to understand all rules or all tactical versions (if there were one?!??) of that game, but in the end, it was pretty exciting since the first half was dominated by faults of sydney what consists in a 8:0 lead for NZ. But in the 2nd half Sydney dominated the match and took the lead, 10 mins before the end, with 8 points...some warriors fans even left the arena...but then, this thing what makes sports so extraordinary exciting happened...the team what never stopped fighting, made a comeback. The warriors scored 6 points (4 + 2) and were back in the game by 1:20 left on the clock...sydney got confused and, believe it or not, the warriors again were able to score. with their last try. kind of emergency kick into the endzone, one warrior caught it...TRY! 20 seconds to go...man. That's what sport stands for. The fans where excited (at least the black ones) and were celebrating. And, to be honest, they really deserved it(and not only because of the fact they looked cooler in their black dresses and do not have such a poofy as their mascot) So congrats you warriors!
But in the end, I have to say, I do not have to attend another NRL match (maybe RU ^^) since it isn't really my kind of sport ;)

Von Sydney

Oh but, I shouldn't forget....while staying at the stadium, I was at the same place as oscar winning actor, and born and living Sydneysider, Russel Crowe (who was shown every now and then on the big screen while wearing a Sydney Cap and Shirt =) ).
Yeah. Woooooho ;-)