Rugby League - USA v Japan

A bit of a story behind these pics - Movie star Russell Crowe is a huge fan of the sport of Rugby League and he runs his own 7s tournament every year near his home in Coffs Harbour, Australia. He invites international sides, and many of them have full scale international games while they are there.
These photos are from an international between USA Tomahawks and Japan Cherryblossoms. USA won easily - but i can't remember the scoreline.
This series shows the three best USA league players - Alf Duncan with the ball, Brandin Costin is the bald guy, and the other one is a Texan who played professionally in Australia, but his name escapes me for the moment.

From the same day;
Cook Islands team do a 'haka' (wardance) before the game.

Malta Knights take the field;

can't see the piccies. are you thinking of Ian Blake? he plays for Toowoomba (a feeder club for the pros).

blackviolet wrote in post #2005441
can't see the piccies. are you thinking of Ian Blake? he plays for Toowoomba (a feeder club for the pros).

Yes - Ian Blake.
He now plays for the New York Knights in the American National Rugby League.
I wonder why you can't see the pics - I can.

i can see them now...

not great pics - i took them with a cheap digital camera i had last year.
I look forward to having a go with my 350D next year. By then I should know how to use it.