Anyone see the fog ball tonight?

I said to my son this afternoon that I had a choice to make at 5.30 tonight.  Watch the Super 14 final or watch the Raiders vs Cowboys NRL game.  I chose the Raiders game.  About 10 minutes in, I flicked over to the Super 14 final, and saw one of the funniest sporting events ever, fogball.

The Super 14 final was played in Christchurch in such a thick fog that you could hardly see the players on the field.

 

This photo gives you a bit of an idea what it was like, but what really broke me up on the TV was the wide shots …could hardly see anything going on.  I’d be really pissed off if I paid to go to the game, and then could hardly see the action.  The fog was so thick that the players had difficulties, and what should have been an open spectacle ended up being a tough slog.  Anyway, the Canterbury Crusaders beat the Wellington Hurricanes 19-12.  For the Crusaders, thats their 6th Super rugby title in the 11 years that the competition has been going.

Meanwhile, the mighty Canberra Raiders (jump on the bandwagon when they win) beat the North Queensland Cowboys 15-14 in an excellent game, courtesy of an extra time field goal from Todd Carney in the 2nd period of extra time.  Glad I watched it!

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