sassnetguy50 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Australian Football League, Collingwood Magpies vs Gold Coast Suns is live. Several of the women on both teams have a large white stripe across their face. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Does the sun work backwards down under so you use white instead of eye black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Sunscreen across the nose and cheeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 ........ don't believe him ...... it's to hide their mustache's ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Actually it’s to provide excitement to the game…watching the white paint dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 27 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Actually it’s to provide excitement to the game…watching the white paint dry. You think it’s boring?. https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/1433974/aflw-highlights-collingwood-v-gold-coast?videoId=1433974&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1694937721001 It's Australia. GIVE BLOOD, PLAY RUGBY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: You think it’s boring?. https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/1433974/aflw-highlights-collingwood-v-gold-coast?videoId=1433974&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1694937721001 It's Australia. GIVE BLOOD, PLAY RUGBY! I thought it was soccer. “football”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I thought it was soccer. “football”? When they say “Australian Rules” look out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 51 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: You think it’s boring?. https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/1433974/aflw-highlights-collingwood-v-gold-coast?videoId=1433974&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1694937721001 It's Australia. GIVE BLOOD, PLAY RUGBY! We use to play a game like that in school. It was called, "Murder the man with the ball." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 25 minutes ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said: We use to play a game like that in school. It was called, "Murder the man with the ball." We called that “pick up and SMEAR”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 It takes leather balls to play rugby. Men's or Women's............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 45 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: We called that “pick up and SMEAR”! We called it smear the queer! Can't say that these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I thought it was soccer. “football”? Yeah, but it's Australian Rules Football. It's more of a cross of rugby and kill the man with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: Yeah, but it's Australian Rules Football. It's more of a cross of rugby and kill the man with the ball. To the uninformed (me), it looked like elements from rugby, soccer, basketball, American football, cricket. The game itself is entertaining and confusing. Half the women look like referees, called pies but have KFC on their back. They're playing footy while trying to score or at least get a behind and randomly paying Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 @Major Crimes thanks. Is that more of a fashion style there? It seems that a person should apply sunscreen to the entire face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 44 minutes ago, sassnetguy50 said: @Major Crimes thanks. Is that more of a fashion style there? It seems that a person should apply sunscreen to the entire face. On the beaches and sport fishing boats in Southern California you used to see people with the old zinc oxide ointment on like that. Also on the tops of their ears and on their lips. Or like in the picture Major Crimes posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 4 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said: @Major Crimes thanks. Is that more of a fashion style there? It seems that a person should apply sunscreen to the entire face. Its Zinc cream and the nose and cheeks are just the worse places for sunburn. They probably have the usual rub in type of sunscreen on the rest of their face and arms/legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Aussie rules footy is the best game on the planet...am I bias, bloody oath I am..unfortunately like a lot of other sports the do gooders are trying to ruin it by softening the rules & the almighty $$ has taken away loyalty but I still enjoy the skills displayed...big crowds watch our game, so far every finals game has attracted over 90,000 fans & plastered over the TV...slaughters the crowds that go to rugby & soccer...Lucky enough to play 200 games myself [ at a lower level ]...like a lot of things....it just ain't like it used to be' !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 I’m not familiar with with what the white strip is for these days, but when I was younger I played a little rugby when I was stationed in Europe. Other than that and playing on the softball team I didn’t play any sports that gave you such a sweaty workout in the heat. we always applied either a creamy sunscreen on the nose and under the eyes, sometimes when no one had sunscreen, someone always had a stick of army camouflage in their bag or vehicle. The reason we wore it was to cut down on the sweat glare to our vision. Nothing can be more blinding than trying to see a ball in the air, having to look up and the sun is reflecting off the sweat under your eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 In a small Indiana town in the 1960's where basketball was a religion, the basketball coach was also the phys ed teacher. During basketball season, he would use the phys ed period for basketball practice and have his team at one end of the gym and the rest of us at the other end where we played "full contact" basketball. I guess it would be like rugby on a hardwood floor. He would not let his team play with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Its a tough Gladiatorial game - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Its a tough Gladiatorial game - Electrical Tape holding an ACE bandage . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Electrical Tape holding an ACE bandage . Yep....its always been electrical tape used.....for as long as I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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