Watching Rugby

Yesterday we watched France versus England play in the 6 Nations Rugby Championships. The six "nations" that compete are: France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy. It was a big deal, because if France won against England, they would clinch the title, even though there are still games to be played. Unfortunately, France did not win.

I think rugby might be the second-best TV sport (after basketball). There is lots of action and the play never stops.

To make sense of it all, though, we had to look up the rules on the Internet.

Here is an excerpt from the BBC Sports Academy about Feeding the scrum:

"The scrum-half is the player who gets things going in the scrum. It's their job to feed the ball into the scrum for the hooker to strike back to the number eight. The scrum-half must roll the ball in from left-hand side, or the loosehead side as it is called. From there, the scrum-half cannot handle the ball until it has come out of scrum. The six other backs must be at least five metres behind the last forward of their team. If they are not, the referee will penalise the offending team."

It's all perfectly clear now, isn't it?

Craig has recovered from his crash and feeling much better now (although he is still taking advantage of the prescription the doctor wrote him for massage with the kinesotherapist). He never did get a black eye. In the photo, you can see him tearing up the Val d'Isere backcountry.

-SK