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A Sydney man residing in the Victorian capital has reportedly found himself in the unfortunate situation of trying to find a pub that was broadcasting game 2 of the second NRL State Of Origin match.
Jack Pattenson (26), a Sydney born graphic designer who moved to the centre of the universe last month, says he made a rather avoidable mistake in hindsight.
“All I did was ask a guy in the office what pub I could watch the blues game at.”
Jack’s Melbourne colleague mistakenly thought he was referring to the Carlton Blues Aussie rules club, and simply directed him to the nearest pub from the office that would be playing a rematch of last week’s AFL fixture against the Geelong Cats.
“I’ll admit I was surprised that there was a pub so close that was playing the Origin”
“I thought it was gonna be a lot harder to find a TV playing this match in Victoria, so I was happy to hear it was going to be aired at such a convenient location.” Jack says.
When confirming with a bartender that they were playing the Blues game tonight, Jack was met with a puzzled stare.
“Ummm… Yeah I think we are playing the Blues on that screen over there” the bartender reportedly told the Sydney man.
“But surely you already know the result?”
Confused, Jack was forced to check google to make sure he wasn’t becoming such a Melbournian that he didn’t even know when Origin was on, but he was quickly reassured the game was about to begin.
“It’s not over until it’s over” Jack told the bartender, seeming to cause even more confusion.
He found a seat in front of the nearest big screen and ordered himself a chicken parmy.
Unfortunately, by virtue of being an average fairweather NSW fan, it took Jack 40 minutes to realise he was in fact watching a completely different brand of football – and one that seemed to lack a fierce rivalry.
“It was the lack of fireworks that had me asking questions”
“And then when I saw the blokes jumping at the ball, I thought jeez that’s a bit dangerous”
Eventually Jack realised that the match was being played on an oval, that paired with the edited broadcast that had removed all of the breaks in play… He began to cotton on to his very New South Welsh mistake.
“I know they don’t play quarters in Origin. That’s when I realised there’s more than one kind of Blues”
After a frantic half hour of running through the streets of Melbourne’s inner suburbs in search of the game, Jack was resigned to watching the game in a cold park on his phone, alone.
“How bout that match though.” he chuckles.
“Queensland just don’t get Origin”
