So what better way to get my feet wet in the land of sports blogging than talking about a sport that I know basically nothing about.  (Except of course for watching at the bar, which as many of you know, often leads to less than lucid memories).

In the spirit of my love for sports all sorts and my desire to play in an aggressive team sport (I grew up playing soccer) I decided to give rugby a go.  Physical, yes. Confusing rules to us yanks, yes. Most amount of brute physical activity I’ve done in far too long, definitely.  Got me intrigued, absolutely.

For those of you who know as much or less than I, rugby, popular in many other nations worldwide, is played on a pitch(field).  To create an idea for of what its like: Think American Football, less pads, backwards passing.  That’s all I got so far, but I’m learning and I hope to share more as I plan on keeping it up.  Future posts will also include my commentary on other sports that I promise provide more insight and knowledge on than my first foray into rugby.

One thing I will say: To all of you who didn’t think women could play contact sports…think again (more on this later).