Rugby in Italy...you read that right.

As part of Super Bowl Sunday I went to a Rugby match in Italy. One of my friends at work is a French girl named Laure (below with me). She actually works on sensors like me and is almost done with her Playa Hata Degree. She's essentially Italian (don't tell her that though) because she's lived in Italy for a few years now and is married to an Italian guy. Although I always like to remind her of the World Cup outcome and sometimes jokingly tell her she better not head butt me in the chest.

Well Laure told me during the week that there was an Italy/France rugby match. I thought to myself, "wow that could be fun." Another friend of ours from school, Zach, came along too. I thought it would be just some low key exhibition match. But actually it ended up being this thing called the Six Nations Cup which is a tournament between Italy, France, Wales, Scotland, England, and Ireland. I guess a pretty big deal in European Rugby. Laure was hardcore about it and she told me that Rugby was just as popular as football (soccer) in France. Now in Italy, football is THE sport. It showed. Italy got worked and lost 39-3. Even though I have never ever watched a rugby game, I think I got the main gist of the sport and had a good time, especially since I sat amongst French people in my Italy Cannavaro jersey. Man, who else would a French guy love more than an American wearing an Italian soccer jersey. All the French were really nice though!