And ruck we did! I had the enjoyable experience of going to a rugby game yesterday, and it was certainly the most incredible rucking I've ever seen. Okay, so I didn't really know what was going on. But, I think it says something for a game when it's still really fun to watch even when that's the case. My friends and I eventually figured out some of the rules, but many of the aspects still remained a mystery by the end. The whole kicking and running with the ball combination was confusing, but the figuring-skatingesque lifting of one of their players into the air when the ball was thrown in from out-of-bounds provided endless entertainment. The crowd was probably the best fun of all though. There were so many different and very strange calls that one person could start and then have the whole arena join in on. And we yelled and booed and cheered and grunted with the best of them. Often the crowd would make a noise and it was very unclear whether they were happy or upset, so we would make similar excited grumbling sounds. The half-time entertainment consisted of little kid rugby players going at it on the field below. This was just... awesome. Oh the circles they ran in. At the end of the day the home team, the Harlequins (the ones wearing the multi-colored jerseys as we eventually figured out) won, and the crowd left the stadium quite jolly, until the next rucking day.
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