Saturday, 27 April 2013

Finishing my stay in England

After 2 years and 4 months in England I've decided to give rugby a try. I got 5 weeks left of my England stay before I move south (Africa).
Last week I e-mailed the local rugby club (Aylesbury Rugby Football Club) and asked if I could practise with them in the end of their season so I could get to know the rules of rugby. They called me back and said they didn't have any training sessions left, but they got two games left (league games) and asked if I wanted to play. Ofcourse I couldn't let this change slip away, so I said "Yeah! That would be awesome!".
So last weekend I played in Milton Keynes and we won 33-19, and I got to play entire 2nd half as a inside centre. It went really well, and got to start this weekend. This time we played a stronger team and I played as a outside centre. During the warm up it was hailstorm, but it got better, and during the game it was actually sunshine.
Here is a little video from the warm up (GoPro camera on my head strap)

We lost the game, but it was so much fun tackling and running the ball! It makes me miss American Football from my LaCrosse time in 2005/06.

I want to say thank you to Aylesbury Rugby FC for letting me play in their league games. I got so much help from the team mates, and they made me play at my best level of rugby. I will never forget my rugby experience here in Aylesbury, and if I was to stay here for longer, I would have continued to play for them. I've learned so much in 7 days it's just incredible!The players and coaches are great and I would recommend the club for anyone in the area!

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