Tuesday, November 11, 2014

It could have been an overdose

I like to call myself a rugby fan so thought it is high time I actually headed to a game. I can't believe we are over two months into the season and I've only just managed to watch my first live match. This hiatus hasn't been intentional - there have been no home games that have coincided with my actually being at home. I had some catching up to do and at last the dates played into my hands; in eight days I've seen matches at the Rec in Bath, Sandy Park in Exeter and watched most of the recent autumn internationals on big screens.

I arrived early to Exeter in order to catch the England game at Sandy Park but after an unbearably tense match I began to worry I'd signed myself up for a rugby overdose. If the tension of a top level international clash was too much to bare how was I going to cope with a local derby? Quite simply the combination of live rugby and local rivalry. It was a sellout crowd at the home of Exeter Chiefs where they welcomed Bath, a club they still hadn't beaten at their Sandy Park ground. After an exciting eighty minutes it proved hard work and determination does pay off with the Chiefs securing their second victory over their old rivals in as many seasons.

I just wish I had re engaged with the rugby season a couple of weeks earlier. I was invited to an Olympic pub quiz and presumed the questions would be general knowledge or sport based. It transpired the main sponsor of the event was the Rugby World Cup 2015 and half of the questions were related to the noble game.