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Old 03-23-2009, 01:43 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
I actually didn't really know that League even existed before I moved to Australia, I just assumed that AFL was big all over. I was living in Sydney when the Swans won the AFL, so I caught a few games and definitely got caught up in the excitement. I just don't find it to be all that enthralling, there's far too chasing around a bouncing ball like sugar crazed 8 year olds. Maybe my lack of familiarity, but I just couldn't find all that much strategy or technique to appreciate as a spectator, I'm sure it's there I just couldn't pick it up. And of course there are the ever present faux hawks.
I found it to be confusing when I first started watching it. Some Rugby fans that I knew, who happened to originally be from Queensland, refered to it as "ping pong". Once I figured out what the hell was going on it made a lot more sense. I really liked the battles for the "mark" and the "mark" itself.
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