NAB CUP.

Footy is back!
Just the NAB Cup, but whatever.

Melbourne played on Friday night against both South Australia teams. And they won both games. Hahahaha. :).
Then, Collingwood played Carlton and Richmond, and beat both of them. :P

Dayne Beams with some back-bending and handballing skillz.

If you look very carefully at the photo, you can see Beams' new tattoo on the top of his leg.
Not sure if he has a premiership tattoo, but whatever. Instead of a simple one like the others, Beams will probably get some impressive and colourful artwork to depict the awesomeness of winning a Grand Final.

Anyway, it was a pretty cool match although Madagascar was on at the same time, and then The Naked Gun was on. I really need to sort out my priorities. :/.

Also, some of the rules were a bit weird. Like whoever is the last one to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds gets the free kick against them. They should just stick to the normal rules, that they have had for a long time and everyone is used to it.

Plus, they brought in the "third umpire". Like, Chris Dawes kicked a goal and the umpire went to the "third umpire" to check if it was a legit goal. It was, but it took FOREVER for them to check this. I hope they don't do this in the real football games. idk.

And then, last but not least, the interchange rules. For the real football matches, the AFL have brought in a NEW rule where there's only 3 on the bench and 1 substitute player (who wears a fluoro green vest). They want to limit the amount of interchanges each team does. Seriously? This rule will INCREASE the amount of interchanges, because there will only be 3 on the bench, meaning the players will want to be rested more often. And the substituted player is not allowed to play unless someone gets injured.

Why does the AFL make these rules? The rushed behind rule, the interchange rule, push in the back rule (last night, Taz just slightly touched someone's shoulder and the umpire gave the other guy a free kick. Taz did NOTHING. Just TOUCHED his shoulder. And another time, Taz shepherded so Steele could mark the ball but the umpire wasn't happy with the shepherd because Taz "bumped" him out the way. What even.) etc etc.

Whatever. :(.

So yeah.
Collingwood and Melbourne are into Round 2 of NAB Cup. :D.