Rugby 10s

chur whanau, well ended golden week with a trip away for me to ichinomiya, just outside of nagoya..i was chosen to play for Shiga in the Western Japan 10s rugby tourney..well day 1 saturday went ok, but not the best start losing our first game 15-0 to Kagawa..i thought i went well, busting through gaps and doing the old jonah and bumping 2 -3 defenders at a time..but needless to say we lost...next game was against Koochi ,we needed to win or we would be playing in the bowl..this game we started slow giving up a try early on..but we managed to fight back and take the game.. no jonahs this game, just did my job and it was a good to win.

after the game heading back to our ryokan/tradational japanese inn..we settled into our place and then had dinner..we had a traditional japanese enkai dinner, plus heaps of beer to wash it down..gee the fullas in my team were going hard..so i was only too happy to indulge in the old waipiro..all in all it was a top night..

day 2 ...we were in the plate comp..first we played Tottori...well today it was p......ing down with rain so it back to good old wet weather rugby...we played a great game playing to the conditions and winning it easy..although this would be my last game as i strained my back..
next game we got hammered, getting thrashed..but i was just glad to get out of the rain as it was pouring...all in all it was a good weekend and a great way to end golden week...
big ups to all the boys of the Shiga team....