rugby with the boys

I am so lucky that my high school has a rugby team and that the English teacher I work closest with is the coach! Note: women’s rugby is not accepted by the national rugby union. I was pretty scared, and all heads turned from the boys baseball and soccer teams as I stepped onto the large dirt area in my lil rugby shorts (all fields are just dirt).

Needless to say, I had a blast! I soon realized I could never beat even the prop (the “bigger” position, who wasn’t big at all!) on speed. So I relied on my 4 years of experience and a not half bad pair of hands. It’s a perfect challenging level. The hardest part was a drill where they do rock-paper-scissors (which the kids do around 10 times per day to decide anything) to decide which way to run, but my mind literally could not process who the winner was fast enough. I looked like an idiot, time after time, and eventually just threw paper every time!