It's autumn and that means it's footy time! Australian Football, better known as the AFL, kicked off its season last night in Sydney at Olympic Stadium. In a rematch of last season's grand finals (the league playoffs) the Sydney Swans went head to head against the West Coast Tigers, but once again, came up one point short of a win.
This was our first AFL game so we weren't sure what to expect. We had awesome seats... or so we thought. We were in the very front row behind the goal posts, however, unlike the NFL where they hoist nets behind the posts to catch the balls, the Aussies are net free! From warm up to the end of the game, we had to watch and take cover from incoming balls. Paul even caught one of them, but, he had to throw it back. Two of the nearby fans got nailed pretty hard. One of the blokes practically got knocked out from the hit. It was almost like a scene from the movie, Fever Pitch, where Drew Barrymore gets hit in the head! Needless to say the net free goals made for an interesting night! Here are some pictures from the game:
This was our first AFL game so we weren't sure what to expect. We had awesome seats... or so we thought. We were in the very front row behind the goal posts, however, unlike the NFL where they hoist nets behind the posts to catch the balls, the Aussies are net free! From warm up to the end of the game, we had to watch and take cover from incoming balls. Paul even caught one of them, but, he had to throw it back. Two of the nearby fans got nailed pretty hard. One of the blokes practically got knocked out from the hit. It was almost like a scene from the movie, Fever Pitch, where Drew Barrymore gets hit in the head! Needless to say the net free goals made for an interesting night! Here are some pictures from the game:
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