I actually watched the game....without expecting much. Very pleasant surprise.
But it is always great for any sport when their showpiece is a spectacular match.
The game was two 100% different halves....never seen any more of a reversal of fortune.
No need to bash rugby though....
I still play Old Boys and am 60..... greatest game in the world to play.
Interesting you watched it...
did that have anything to do with a certain lanky yank Collingwood player, Mason Cox, the " first " American to play in an aussie rule GF getting some recognition in the States?
Saw one story about him, from the US,
the sports journalist didn't quite understand the game or concept,
probably like me with gridiron,
l wasn't really bagging rugby played in its finest form,
just the thugby version played in NSW and QLD,
All that violence, all that bloodshed, all those squished noses spread out over those combatants faces