sorry, being a hockey snob. thats the first thing detractors of the game complain about and traditionalists of the game laugh at people when its mentioned. a la Don Cherry. (go to cbc website and check him out-hes a riot) well not sure where sesame street is, but im an hours drive south of Seattle a...

ahh, the old seeing the puck routine. did you know that a few years ago, i think it was fox, but could be wrong, but being a yankee network they decided to have an electronic gizmo inserted into the puck for NHL games and the result was an orange line followed the puck around the rink for coverage o...

yeah, managed to catch a game on brockton oval in vancouvers stanley park. pretty amatuer stuff though. not even grade 4 in the sydney comp. league doesnt get much of a mention, but there are examples of both codes on TV here. i managed to see quite a bit of the tri nations tournament, but waaaaay a...

well there wouldnt be a thing on aussie tv with the nhl being, well, not happening. it was on ESPN when i was back in oz, but unfortunately they showed some strange games, ie-florida panthers v phoenix coyotes type of games. ho hum. no canucks, no habs, not even any leafs! getting tix can be fun in ...

sad but true. most yanks havent a clue about the differences here, but imust point out that in US colleges there is a rugby (read union) community out there.

also, a new rugby club comp is starting up this year in British Columbia. its pretty big on Vancouver Island.

cheers
john

thanks for the headsup on this site beaussie! now having been in north america for far too long, and now a convert to the game of Hockey, surely i cant be the only person from Australia that is a fan of the game. there has to be at least one other. now obviously the game is in trouble with the curre...