After a semester of battling with the other colleges, and always losing to St. Andrews in the finals, Johns finally came out on top, well sort of. Last night Drews and Johns battled it out in the Rugby intercollege finals. Despite the cold weather and on and off rain pour, there was a huge crowd out there supporting the team. Unlike most of the games I have seen, this was Rugby union. The most obvious difference was the use of a scrum. I had seen a scrum in league, but not very often. I enjoyed how they would lift someone up (it sort of reminded me of cheer leading, but much more manly). I don't know if it was because it was Rugby union or because it was my friends out there on the field playing, but it was definitely my favorite rugby game I have seen. Everyone got so into it. A bunch of us even painted our faces!
After battling through the rain and mud, and with the score going back and forth between the two teams, the game was coming to an end. With a few moments left the game was at a tie. Back in America a tie game would go into over time or extra innings depending on the sport, so I assumed that if when the time ran out the score was still tied, the game would continue. Well first off when the time finished the game didn't, and the game ended in a tie, which according to them meant that we both won. I was shocked to see these Australians who are always so competitive and concentrated on winning be content with a tie. All in all it was a great game and a great ending!
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