Super 14 is underway

Today is the second weekend of the Super 14 rugby competition. Everyone in Fiji loves rugby and this is definitely one of the top competitions people watch. This is definitely one of my favorites to watch also. It has good teams and great game play. For the rugby challenged, Super 14 is a private competition that uses the IRB rules (as far as I can tell) with its own point system and made up of 14 teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. I have adopted the Crusaders as "my team". While I was in Samoa, the New Zealand All Blacks were the country favorite next to the local team of course. I saw the All Blacks play and they are damn good. Some All Blacks are on the Crusaders team also. I then go for the best New Zealand team, which is the Crusaders. Last year, the competition was called Super 12 and I'll let you figure out why. I find it strange that they base the name on the number of teams, which is pretty much guaranteed to change. I would of just kept calling it Super 12 even if there are more than 12 teams. And more teams are trying to join, so it will probably be Super 16 next year. Some guy in Alabama is domain squatting on super16.com hoping to make some money when it does.
We all love the game here at work. We have a betting pool going on. Being the geek that I am, I wrote a quick web application to let everyone make bets on the intranet. Of course, if I win, they are going to accuse me of cheating. I will only win by luck, as I'm not a rugby guru like some of the guys at work. The games are only shown on the local cable and satellite channels. I'll go to the bar or a friend's house to see some of them during the season.