Last night I submitted an article to TheStreet.com about our New Zealand trip for their Good Life section.

There is one odd little story I did not include because I wasn't sure how appropriate it would be. I can't yet gauge how much humor I can or can not include in my work for them.

Throughout the trip we caught little snipets of local sporting events. The national rugby team, the All Blacks, were playing rival Australia and the national cricket team was playing in South Africa. We saw bits and pieces here and there.

Our last night in New Zealand we caught a few minutes of a sport called netball. Netball is kind of like basketball except there is no backboard just a hoop on a blue pole, seriously. Also it looked like there was no dribbling. I think the only way to advance the ball was by passing it. Players were only offense or only defense, kind of like lacrosse.

The game we saw was New Zealand vs. Australia, women's. For some reason the women play in skirts and collectively they looked a little older than what you might see in an international basketball tournament. NZ crushed Australia.

The hoop on a pole was really a weird thing to see. But that is not what makes the story odd. On our flight from Auckland to LA we sat in the middle of half the Australian team from the game we saw the night before. NZ really is a small country.

They were on their way to Jamaica for another tournament. We shared our row with a Kiwi man who looked to be about my age, he knew all about the team and he was moderately star struck.

This picture is from the game we watched. You can click here to see a picture of the hoop on the pole. In looking for a picture to include on this post I came across the fact that there are netball fantasy leagues in Australia. Fantasy leagues?! Hey now.

Maybe its just me but I think this is a hoot and a half.

Our flight over to Auckland was also noteworthy, maybe something more for your teenaged children. The cast of MTV Roadrules Challenge show on MTV were on our flight. They were off to Australia to film.