Monday, July 14, 2008

Rugby

I prepare to walk onto a rugby field, shaking with the breeze of the wind, sweeping under my shirt and up my back. We started walking onto the field an suddenly a storm of rain swept in from the south end of the field. The team had felt the chill, but play had to continue. The ball was kicked high in the air and our team mate was under the ball to catch it, losing sight in some cases due to the rain but his hands and his sight came out on top, catching the ball and running into the opposition team. He went down, securing the ball and rolling it out of the ruck. the half back in our team gathered the ball and passed it to the first five, the first five chipped the ball over the oppositions heads and our players on the outside of the first five chased the ball towards the opposition goal line. Their full back collected the ball and instantly getting tackled and pulled over his own goal line. Our team gained a five metre scrum, five metres outside the oposition goal line. Our forward pack got ready for the referee to call, Hold, touch, pause, engage! when engaged had been called, the two forward packs impacted on one another, holding in that position until the half back in our team put the ball in. He put the ball into the middle of the scrum, telling our side of the forward pack to start pushing. we rucked the ball to our side of the scrum and we spread the ball out to our centre. He ran and then cut with the wing, the opposition play got confused and left a gap we found and scored from. we were cheering and running up to celebrate the achievement. the first five had the ball awaiting the T that was used to kick the ball through the posts. He lined up the ball facing the seem of the ball towards the far post, then taking six steps back and four steps to the left. He stands there with a wide stance looking at the ball and where he wants to kick. He slowly paces himself towards the ball and kicks it. It heads towards the posts, Is It Through?.....

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