It’s Superbowl
Sadly, the famous Superbowl commercials did not air abroad and I was a little disappointed about that. The commercials that ESPN showed during the Superbowl in New Zealand were only ads for upcoming rugby, cricket and soccer matches. We spent most of the game chatting with the Americans about their NZ travels thus far and answering Andrew and his friends’ questions about the rules and strategy of American football. After the game they explained how the rules of rugby and cricket work. They even asked Sean to come out and give cricket a try this week Thursday after work. We’ll see how that goes; the rules seem very complicated and the game appears to continue for ages.
Here’s some of the things that I picked up during the conversation (according to Andrew and his “mates”):
Not many Kiwis care much about American sports
Though they don’t care about American sports, most know the basic rules of sports like football and baseball and think it’s lame that most Americans have no idea how rugby and cricket work.
They think it’s ridiculous that in baseball we have a “World Series” when, in fact, only American teams play (I can’t emphasize enough how much this topic riled everyone up)
Kiwis can put down a LOT of alcohol and the more they drink the more unintelligible their accent becomes
The guys seemed genuinely concerned about the possibility of the U.S. ever taking an interest in rugby or forming a team because they think the money and talent that the U.S. could invest would surely overpower them in their national sport
Kiwis are enormously proud of their rugby team and the fact that they won the rugby world cup this year
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