Its also depressing that I don't know the rules of American football , it looks like a very good game but at the same time very complicated, well 4 me that is .

As rugby and cricket are to me, lol but I think I have soccer down

Rugby looks a lot like football I'm not sure how similar they are, but I bet it's awesome to watch, very tough looking, cricket looks a lot like baseball and I'm not the biggest baseball fan however so I'm not really sure about that one. I lived with someone from Germany for a year, he was a foreign exchange student, and he tried to explain cricket to me and my head nearly exploded, course that was a while ago, maybe I could comprehend it now, maybe..

Yep Rugby is kinda similar to American Football. Theres two types of Rugby, Rugby League and Union. Touchdowns in American Football are an exquivalent of tries in Rugby. THe main difference is that we dont wear as much protection, when we pass the ball to our team mates we cannot drop it or pass it forward and the point systems plus a bit more are different as well.

Btw you need an Australian to explain the Laws of Cricket lol were the masters of the game I grew up with cricket so the rules are very simple for me its one of our favorite summer pastimes.

Are you familiar with Australian Rules Football?

Its basically our national football code. Just incase ur wondering what it looks like, enjoy the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBI_Neff...re=related

What I dont understand in America, baseball and NBA teams play like 70-80 games per year/ season thats not even including the big games like the play offs and finals.

How can that be possible, do you think that's a bit too much lol?

Yep Rugby is kinda similar to American Football. Theres two types of Rugby, Rugby League and Union. Touchdowns in American Football are an exquivalent of tries in Rugby. THe main difference is that we dont wear as much protection, when we pass the ball to our team mates we cannot drop it or pass it forward and the point systems plus a bit more are different as well.

Btw you need an Australian to explain the Laws of Cricket lol were the masters of the game I grew up with cricket so the rules are very simple for me its one of our favorite summer pastimes.

Are you familiar with Australian Rules Football?

Its basically our national football code. Just incase ur wondering what it looks like, enjoy the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBI_Neff...re=related

No, I had never seen that before now, never, that looked pretty frickin sweet though,lol, here's some Ravens football:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeexDrlNx5E

The guy that shouts a lot is Ray Lewis, one of the best defensive player in the NFL, he's a pretty cool guy, and a damn good player, other teams fear the Ravens defense, unfortunately our offense is terrible because we can't keep a steady quarterback..

We dont get much tennis up here in Brisbane which is north of the country , most of the tennis happens in Melbourne were the Australian Open Grand Slam is held annually. Did you get the chance to watch the Rafa Vs Fed Final at wimbledon, one of the best finals ever I reckon.

Yeah I watched the final on tv – Couldn’t get tickets. Was an awesome match but, for me, the wrong guy one... I get sad when Rafa loses!

I used to play – had lessons for a few years, but then I stopped and concentrated more on netball. I don’t play either now. Would love to play tennis again but don’t have anyone to play with – I probably suck at it now anyway. I love love love watching it though. Sooo excited for the Aussie open, although I wish they hadn’t changed the court surface – I liked the green! I’m insanely jealous because my sister and bro-in-law are going to NZ and Aus for xmas/new year and they’re going to be in Melbourne for the Australian open. She doesn’t even like tennis and has never been all that interested in going there, unlike me – I’m obsessed! Oh, cool, you’re from Brisbane? I like the veronicas – they’re from there, I think. My other sister went travelling up the east coast of Australia a couple of months ago and she went to Brisbane for a few days. Getting back to the topic of sport, I think she watched a rugby game there – Melbourne storm against... I can’t remember the other team.

I’m lost when it comes to American football. I did, however, watch the game that was played at wembly (on tv) and quite enjoyed it – even though I had very little idea of what was happening!

Yeah I heard that they were gonna change the court surfaces that would make it to that similar of Flushing Meadows, NY. It would be really nice if the French Tennis Federation could change the surface of Roland Garros from clay to either grass or hard, so that my favourite player Roger can finally win the French Open.

Have you been to Australia before? Its nice to know that you know alot about our country.

Yeah back to the rugby game your sister would have seen Melbourne Vs Brisbane Broncos that would have been way back since september and that would have meant that she went down to Melbourne just to see the game.

I went to the Grand Final in Sydney just over 2 months ago to see Melbourne play against Manly. My friend was barracking for manly and when they have lost it was so hard for me to talk and cheer him up the whole night :rolleyes:

Oh btw you know how u said you don't play tennis anymore cause you did'nt have anybody to play with, see Andre Agassi back in his childhood he would actually play tennis against a wall and that's probably why he became one of the best returners of the game.

I really like soccer, but i haven't played it in a while

i don't follow sports a lot but i'm a fan of manchester United, i had a t shirt that my aunt got for me when she lived in the uk, i really liked it, but i out grow after some years.

and i come from a chicago bears and cubs loving family

Yeah I heard that they were gonna change the court surfaces that would make it to that similar of Flushing Meadows, NY. It would be really nice if the French Tennis Federation could change the surface of Roland Garros from clay to either grass or hard, so that my favourite player Roger can finally win the French Open.

Have you been to Australia before? Its nice to know that you know alot about our country.

Yeah back to the rugby game your sister would have seen Melbourne Vs Brisbane Broncos that would have been way back since september and that would have meant that she went down to Melbourne just to see the game.

I went to the Grand Final in Sydney just over 2 months ago to see Melbourne play against Manly. My friend was barracking for manly and when they have lost it was so hard for me to talk and cheer him up the whole night :rolleyes:

Oh btw you know how u said you don't play tennis anymore cause you did'nt have anybody to play with, see Andre Agassi back in his childhood he would actually play tennis against a wall and that's probably why he became one of the best returners of the game.

No way!! Roland Garros is Rafa's territory!!! That's the way it's gonna stay, sorry!!
Nah haven't ever been to australia - I want to sooooo much. I've always loved everything to do with australia and love reading about it/looking at pics etc. You're lucky to live there!!
Yeah, it was in melbourne that my sister watched that game. Oh cool, bet the grand final was good to watch.
Well maybe I'll start playing tennis against the wall and see what happens. It's winter now though so it's a lil bit toooo cold for the time being.

This guy is amazing (Ronnie O'Sullivan's 147)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIsBzWW1Uc

yeah, i heard he made 147.. how good is that! I used to watch snooker but didnt see any of these championships.