Rugby Sunday

Having watched Ev play soccer on Saturday (Ange went to watch Aiden play), it was time for a switch, so I did Aiden's rugby tournament, and Ange went to watch Ev (as luck would have it, two different places at the same time).  The Sai Kung Stingrays seem to be on the up and up - both their teams won all four games (they play four 40 minute matches each over the course) and neither had a try scored against them.  Ev is in a super-delighted mood, because he scored, and got to play his preferred position of lock (Bakkies Botha being his still hero).  In Aiden's case, the most satisfying game was watching them defend close to their line for a big chunk of the game, eventually to break through and score three quick tries in the last 10; a classic soak and punish.  Aiden played well, he's a real team guy, and has the right skill-set for his flyhalf position; he's got a good long accurate pass, on both sides... (love their prop Kev, hard to miss on the left in the pic below - who is at least twice the size of the next largest guy on the field)

Tackles and defends his channel well...

And can step, straighten, and attack the line well too

When it was all over I gave three of his mates a lift home back to the village, which means tearing into the house, wolfing down a hot-dog, and then immediately heading down to the Marina at CWB to spend the afternoon playing soccer, now they are home - filthy, smiling, and onto the x-box for a bit of FIFA; this is why homework is now voluntarily done (largely well) on Friday night ... so it doesn't get in the way of the weekend's sporting orgy.