Rugby is an amazing sport and anyone that watches American Football should look it up. No padding and a punch up on the pitch isn't unusual but the ref's understand that tempers are high on the pitch and break the fights up, occasionally with a warning. The refs are treated with respect and their call is final. Sure, like all sports, the rules can be confusing but this is a game of really big hits, lots of blood and passion and they only need one team for defence and offence.
The Six Nations is simply the greatest derby on the planet. England vs Wales, vs Scotland vs Ireland vs France vs Italy to crown the champion. It is exciting, strategic and lucky. The fans don't feel the need to fight each other, they are allowed to drink in the stands and the fans aren't separated, they all sit together, out sing each other and have a great time. The violence is all on the field of play.
I wasn't able to watch last Saturday's matches live so I had to watch them on catchup and it took everything to avoid any headlines, TV, pubs or random talking in London and on the train. So Sunday I watched all 3 matches, 240 minutes of rugby bliss. My heroes of the day were Scotland for beating a great Irish team. Of course I am supporting England and they played enough to get a win over France but it was far from pretty and with Wales this weekend in Cardiff, Wales always raise their game against England and despite Wales not looking anywhere near form, they have such a strong squad, a team capable of pulling off miracles.
My hero of the weekend was the Italian Captain, Sergio Parisse, a proper Captain, he leads by example and is such a great player, it is a real shame that the whole team aren't at his level.
Anyway, just a quick post to let you know how excited I am!
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