Ozzy rules!!!!

No i'm not making a refence to the Prince of Darkness, instead, i went to watch a very strange game called ...... Australian football (AFL)

My adopted team were the Collingwood Magpies (who incidently played in black and white!) the other team were the Richmond Tigers. I enjoyed learning the rules of this bizarre game, but for me, it is not a patch on regular footy (or soccer as i'm being forced to call it over here).



Some random things happened in this game - massive punch-ups at the other end of the ground from the ball, while the umpire stood and watched, letting them smash each other in the face. They didn't even get sent off. Some guy snapped his leg clean in half after kicking someone else (it snapped in a way similar to Cisse of Liverpool)



Other random things included, an oval pitch, an oval ball which could be kicked or punched, some crazy goal posts, about 10 referees (umpires) and people running on and off the pitch whenever they flet like it to give the players orders.

The game ended 92 - 45 to the other team. As there is little atmosphere in the way of chants, songs and banter they have this cheesy song at the end on the tanoy that all the fans of the winning team can have a sing-a-long to (i thought i was in Disney land at one point, the song sounded like "its a small world" for those of you that have been there! )

After the game i somehow randomly ended up in a pub with a million fans of the mixed teams (they are a friendly lot over here), being served beer by ladies wearing .... well ... nothing at all, much to my surprise! (i didn't stay too long! ;) )