In this BBC write-up of the big New Zealand vs. South Africa rugby match, I understand exactly one descriptive phrase:
Again South Africa, down to 14 players, held out and won a crucial penalty close to their line - but the decision was reversed when Albert van den Berg was adjudged to have stood on an opponent's head.
The rest is pure gibberish.
The MOST confusing game on Earth, by the way, is cricket.
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Ok, so I'm no expert when it comes to cricket, but here's a great description of the game;
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been given out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Now Rugby on the other hand is a game I really understand, and as an Englishman now living in Frisco, I have to say you don't know what you're missing!!
(and yes, standing on people is common, but standing on heads is usually discouraged).
Cheers
Ian
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