Storm vs. Cowboys

It has almost reached our shortest day and we ventured out with friends to brave the cold night air. Our train trip in was eventful enough. The line was sabotaged and the train was disabled as it hit the logs laid across the tracks. After a wait at another station a second train took us the rest of the way. We saw the end of the first game, watching the North Queensland Cowboys seconds beat the Melbourne Storm seconds. But we knew that Storm was too strong for the Cowboys in the main match. And besides, Olympic Park Melbourne, is the graveyard for all visiting first division Rugby League teams and there was no reason to suspect that this night was going to be any different.

It was a fun game to watch. The Cowboys drew first blood with an early try. The Storm responded with the next to even the score. Then the Cowboys broke through again and scored again. After that Storm woke up and scored eight more unanswered tries and converted six of them.

At half time, Peter experienced his first queue at any public toilet facility he has ever been to. It was bad enough waiting in the long line toward the door, but once inside he had to choose one of about eight queues at the urinal. And to add to his displeasure, he was in front of a guy who had the slowest flow ever. But think of the women. Their queue was three times as long outside. It was gruelling for Barb.

In the second half, the Cowboys managed to get a consolation try, but it was all Storm for most of the game. The final score was Storm 48, and Cowboys 20 (we think). We returned home in good spirits. We had been entertained with plenty of tries.