With Round 2 of the 2013 Super 15 recently behind us, last weekend was when most of us got round to actually watching a game with a pint in hand. During the off-season, I forgot a few things that just one weekend of rugby brought back freshly to my mind. Here is my list:
- just how little Pierre Spies does in a rugby game, besides doing his impersonation of the movie poster “This is Sparta!”
- just how much I hate Hugh Bladen’s commentary
- that watching the Stormers play is like getting into an Ingmar Bergman existentialist 4 hour movie
- that Joel Stansky’s voice sounds like a camel being put through a woodchipper
- In office pools, always bet on the home team unless the Crusaders or the Lions (ooo too soon?) are involved
- Bryan Habana tends to go entire seasons without being able to catch a rugby ball
- Wynand Olivier’s hair never ceases to amaze me
- One can never overstate just how depressing and uninspiring the Cheetahs cheerleaders are
- Who the hell is doing the Vodacom advertising and what are they smoking?!
- My Nick Mallet man-crush (who else speaks truth to power?).
2012 Super Rugby season (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
