Footy Finals Week
Posted: September 23rd, 2010 by Scott
Melbourne is all about Australian Rules Football or “footy.” Â Â Some 10 teams out of 16 teams in the league are from the Melbourne area.
Last weekend was the footy preliminary finals (or semi-finals) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).  Thats right, they play footy on a cricket ground or “oval.”  So to join in all of the excitement, we went with Rachel and Carl to the St. Kilda v. Western Bulldogs game.
MCG
As you can see from the scoreboard below, scoring in AFL is complicated. You get 6 points for a goal (between the center tall posts) and 1 point for a “behind” which is between the outer shorter posts. So as you can see 12 + 10 = 82. Makes sense right?
St. Kilda winning the game
This week has been filled with footy luncheons, drink nights, and even a parade.  The grand final will take place on Saturday afternoon between St. Kilda and Collingwood, both Melbourne based teams.  We will be doing the traditional Aussie thing (well when you are not going to the game in person) and are having an all Aussie BBQ and watching the game on TV. We’ll have meat pies, Lamingtons, and other local favorites.