Saturday Afternoon Rugby

Today I went to Christianhavn to support some of my friends that play for the Copenhagen Business School Rugby team! It was so much fun to watch and some of the guys were nice enough to explain all the rules of the game to me. For those of you who don't know it is kind of a mix between soccer and football.

This is called a lineup I guess. They pull the men up from their shorts like a wedgie!

Matthias (on right) and a teammate waiting to play, somehow not affected by the freezing cold!

I took this to show you the amount of alcohol that is consumed at Danish Rugby games! It was hilarious, the players and coaches would drink beer on the sidelines like it was water, I couldn't believe it. Right after this a coach came on the field carrying another 24 pack. The Danes sure do like their beer.

At the end of the tournament the men took part in a Danish tradition that of course involved more booze. The coaches chose players that stood out during the games and had them drink from these large horns. The coach in the middle here was the biggest character of all! He learned English in the UK so he had an English accent. At one point he had an old-fashioned pipe in one hand, a beer in the other, and was yelling profanities to his team from the sideline. I was laughing so hard! This would never happen in the U.S. Overall I'm so happy I experienced such a fun Danish sporting event!