Yes, I still play rugby. At my age I probably shouldn’t, but I grew up with it and it’s in my blood! A couple of weeks ago I travelled to Adelaide as a member of the Victorian Barbarians team. We made it to the quarter finals where we got knocked out by our arch rivals […]
Our traditional end of season rugby trip took us to Sydney this year. Our first day featured the Inaugural Misfits Golf Tournament. We played Ambrose as there were quite a few non golf players, including myself (I haven’t played since leaving school!) Needless to say, the day was a huge success and our team – […]
Apparently… Last weekend our rugby team, The Maroondah Misfits, travelled to Tasmania for their end of season footy trip cultural outing. Arriving at our designated pick up point in Croydon at 5am-ish, we all received a text message from the airline which informed us of a 3 hour delay. This also indicated an extra 3 […]
So it all kicked off without a hitch at 6.30pm AEST. A not unimpressive opening ceremony with amazing light shows and a chubby Jonah Lomu created the atmosphere before the important stuff and the reason we were all (well, most of us) glued to the television – rugby! The opening game – New Zealand v […]
No, we’re not even going to mention the Springboks and their disgusting disappointing form. This is about the Misfits! The season ended with a draw against Endeavour Hills Ratbags (27 all) down at Seaford. Although it probably wouldn’t have made a difference to the final score, they did score the equalising try while having 16 […]