I AM part of the team

My flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town was taken over by big, strapping men dressed in identical uniforms, emblazoned with a "Stormers" logo. I learned from my driver that the Stormers is one of South Africa's better professional rugby teams and that they'd just lost a match this weekend.

Several of the players were giants. One literally couldn't walk down the plane's aisle without bending over. And throughout the ride, they kept getting out of their seats and visiting with each other, yelling over the seats between them.

I sort of wish I were a South African rugby fan, but I appreciated the chance to be surrounded by these guys nonetheless.