Saturday Rugby

The second day of the Union Cup was much better. Geraint and I got to the playing grounds while the first matches were being played (it wasn't the Steelers so we had planned it that way) and it was already busier than Friday.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky which didn't bode well for my already throbbing head and neck which had suffered from the sun the day before. This time, however, I had brought some sun cream and sprayed that on about every half an hour. My skin suffered, but only in that it became incredibly greasy.

The skill level of the matches seemed higher than the previous day too, I'm not sure if they were all taking it more seriously or if they had more skilled players who could make it on the Saturday and not the Friday, but it was certainly more enjoyable.

There were lots of good looking guys about too. Unlike Pride though, not too many pretty, Muscle Mary types, just good old fashioned, normal looking sexy guys. The hottest for me was one of the Cardiff Lions players, but apparently he is straight, how typical. He looked like a shorter version of Jason Statham, and had a body to match (though slightly more condensed due to the size difference). He was a moody looking guy too, but very sexy. I guess he was just focusing on the game. No one was really there for pulling, just for rugby and socialising.

I was disappointed that I didn't know more people there. In all there were 2 I knew the names of: Wayne, a former barman at Comptons and fireman, who plays for the Steelers 15's, ignored me completely as he tends to do; and Gareth, a good looking Canadian friend of Tim's who I had a late night snog with a few years back. I chatted to Gareth for a bit and then left him with his friends.
We also got chatting to a nice Australian-born guy called James who was only there briefly each day. He was good looking, athletically built and quite softly spoken for an Aussie. His name was all I got though, but hopefully I may see him around.

At the end of play I'm not sure who won the 7's matches as we weren't that interested in them (the Steelers weren't competing in this). The 10's was won by Cardiff Lions and deservedly so, with the Steelers coming second. And finally, the 15's was won by the Steelers themselves in a close fought contest with Manchester's Village Spartans. All in all a good day's rugby and, despite being disappointed that I didn't get any sort of tan on my arms I was happy that my sunburn didn't seem any worse than it had been.
Geraint and I left when the last match was finished. I will have to wait and see if I feel like going to support the Steelers again in the future, it is a possibility and at least I know exactly where to go now.