Touch footy started today
Posted on March 16th, 2008, 8:23 PM by David Graff
I am playing footy with a team made up of some of myPBL group and another. It’s a touch league, so I’ll be able to keep my ears attached to my head, which I find particularly handy. It’s a pretty intense game that I’ve never really played before, and it makes for a lot of running.
I tore something in my leg and I’m in a bit of pain, which is a stark reminder of the validity of my usual MO of self preservation, but also good to get out there. We play at a field over in Yerongpilly or something like that. It’s a 45 minute walk from here. I’ll have to ask Matt where he played when he was down here. Anyways, we got our butts kicked tonight. The game is very athletic… I’m not. We’ll see over time.
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Dude,
those pommey wanna be’s take touch as seriously as real footy over there. i played footy in sydney, but only trained once with the Brisbane Irish.
What you need to get yourself is into one of the co-ed touch leagues they have over there!
Mamoo
Hey Matt!
That’s what I’m doing… it is a touch co-ed league, and almost all the team is Aussie. They do take it pretty serious, and they ran my butt off.
One of my teammates was dummy half and made a break for it…. he got through everyone fairly easily and as he approached the end, he turned around and was screaming “come on!” with his arms wide open… I thought he was taunting the other team… Turns out, dummy half can’t score 🙂