 And I got my hands on the ball a bit more this game. So, you know three weeks in and and I guess I guess I Mean what can you expect? I did I really did throw myself into the deep end here I fucking did like division one would have been the real deep end That's probably like a three meter pool But division two is probably like a two meter pool and I'm only a meter 85 tall. Hey, what's up you guys? What's what's going on? Those are some little tin socks and actually come to think of it That's my fucking mouth guard And with that being said yes, that's right today is um today is another rugby match report and Oh, I'm happy to say we've just finished But I'm not so happy to say we actually took a loss this week It's week number three of the Littleton Dolphins division two Canterbury Metro rugby season and well all I can say is the game was fucking fun You know the weather was good But the ground having you know received another four or five days of pretty bad rain was was in terrible shape So at the end of the day the footing wasn't there once again, but as a team I think we played fantastically the first half we we were up eleven three It was one converted. No, so one unconverted try and two penalties against one penalty Pretty back-and-forth game kept it nice and tight. There wasn't a huge amount of ball going out to the backs I played center in this game in the previous two games. I've actually worn two different numbers I wore 14 the first week. No, sorry I wore 14 the first week was right wing and then I played center last week and I played center again this week, so You know center means you do get a little bit more ball. I probably put in about fuck I'd have to say six or seven tackles maybe even eight tackles and I'm pretty pretty happy with my performance really You know one of my teammates and I'm getting getting along with my teammates so much better now It's like I really do feel part of the team and I feel fucking To be back part of the Littleton team, you know, I could have joined any rugby team But to be back in the Littleton team with the history I have with the club. I mean it is incredible It's an incredible feeling and These guys are my these are my guys man. This is my team, you know, I'm I'm a Littleton boy through and through So this is my team and I really feel like it now, but moving on Yeah, probably put about eight eight or nine tackles in on a tack I had one Cut move I cut Inside the inside center it goes 10 to 12. I cut as 13 inside 12 All I was all I all I was hoping for bro All I was hoping for before getting that ball was just to not slip over because I had lost my footing a couple of times already in the game, so, you know, I Probably didn't cut on as much of a dynamic angle as I could have but I did cut inside I got the ball and Didn't lose my footing and I you know burst it into the line And I almost broke through actually almost got probably about two or three line breaks, but they just held me up They just got my legs or they just hit my ankles or you know, I just didn't break through the line but It was fucking fun and I got my hands on the ball a bit more this game So, you know three weeks in and and I guess I guess I Mean what can you expect? I did I really did throw myself into the deep end here I fucking did like division one would have been the real deep end That's probably like a three meter pool But division two is probably like a two meter pool and I'm only a meter eighty five tall So, um, yeah, I'm treading at the moment, but I will say that fuck I was happy with the game And I fucking had fun my sister came and watched my sisters watched every game so far Fucking legend My mate Tim has watched every game so far. He's he's also a legend You'll probably meet him at some stage actually but guys final score unfortunately Was 1711 they scored two late second half tries to bring it back from 11 points to three to 17 points to 11 so they did win and You know credit to them They played well they closed it out their forwards did what they needed to do You know once again the backs in both teams did not do a huge amount. I have to be honest I did make a couple of mistakes Which gave them probably about 30 or 40 meters of territory because I playing center You know, I was kind of used to being out in the wing. I Wasn't really communicating with my wing at the time. So I've gone in and made a tackle Whereas my wing can see that there's a couple of guys outside of the guy that's got the ball and we've only got one Defender so it's a two-on-one situation. I've gone and made the tackle I've committed to the tackle which has meant that once he's given the pass There's a two-on-one situation. So that happened twice Happened twice to me and that's probably the worst one of the worst mistakes you can make as a back On defense is committing so from there I'm happy to say that whenever there was a man in front of me with the ball whenever we were under pressure whenever, you know They were looking at passing it out wide. I never committed to the tackle again I surfed them across I I pushed them across using the sideline as You know, basically another defender waiting until they cut back inside In which case you've got your other defenders on the inside waiting for him to cut cut in so a couple of times in the game I I was winded I got winded really bad last week and I got winded pretty bad this week Yeah, so I got dumped on my head That was a yellow card a bull offense. Although the guy did not get a yellow card I took the hit in the chest and he could have just based I was I was honestly I was on the way I was on the way to the ground anyway put the hit in I took the contact I was gonna go down but he fucking picked me up and dumped me on my head and it was fucking dangerous And so for a split second just before I hit the ground. I thought Fuck this is in God's hands right now. I don't know what's gonna happen So luckily, you know, I was able to tuck my head or whatever happened and and it wasn't too bad Second time I made a tackle out wide The guy stepped back inside and hit me You know as the attacker he stepped back inside I was pushing him toward the sideline. It was just me He stepped back inside hit me pretty hard. I did make the tackle But what happened was he hit me so hard that it just pushed me to the ground and he fucking fell right on top of me So my back was to the ground. He fell right on top of my chest and I mean, I don't know whether it was Honestly, you could have called him a chiropractor because at the end of the day All I felt was along my back, bro He came fucking flat on my chest right slam me back into the ground big contact and all I felt was Along my back Right, and I was like, oh fuck me dead. I've been dumped on my head and now I've broken my back But I didn't rack my back and actually it probably just it probably freed me up a bit But I did get winded so I was on my fucking haunches for about a minute trying to get my breath back and it's like You know at the time when you're winded, bro You do not think that you think you're gonna die You honestly think you're gonna die. It's like the closest thing to a panic attack. I've ever experienced and You know, it's not nice knowing like no one likes getting winded But it is a part of the game and when you're going in hard and and things happen suddenly You know, it's possible to get the wind taken out of you pretty easily. So What else can I say? What else can I say our forward pack? Like I said, man are in sync, bro They are so good so awesome awesome to be in the backs knowing that we've got a solid forward pack like that Um, what else? I'm absolutely covered in mud as per usual. We've got mud on my face Yeah, it got a got a bit of a knot to my nose at the bottom of a ruck. I actually I Was checking my nose at the bottom of a ruck because I was like, oh fuck What's that? You know, I got a bit of a whack to the nose rugby's a rough game, man It's a tough game and that's the first thing that I said after the game. My sister was there She's like, oh fuck how did you feel after that dump tackle? I was like man rugby's a rugby's a tough game. I felt all right. I felt fine Not really But you got to brush it off man, that was in the first half. I had no choice So anyway, third week down hell of a lot of fun The boys are jelling. Well, we did have a loss this week, but that team Was sharing the top of the table with us and I gotta say man. I gotta say we definitely had it over them There's no reason there is absolutely no reason why they should have won that Apart from, you know, a few silly little mistakes nearing the end of the second half. So With all that being said, I feel like today was a success. I've definitely had a lot of fun I'm gonna go home now and actually edit up I'm gonna edit up and I'm gonna drop some names here Deondre Swift and Jonathan Taylor Those are the two players that I reacted to literally yesterday morning I haven't edited the videos up yet, but I look forward to doing that and You know, I will say one thing It's pretty crazy, bro That first that first video I made talking about how the first week of rugby went that was, you know, relatively emotional I'm not afraid to put my emotion out there for the world to see and it seems as if that video really related to a fair few people and It's actually been called viral Not by me, but by a website rugby onslaught Rugby onslaught.com picked up that video and they shared it and they've actually shared a couple of other videos that I've made So rugby onslaught I've got to say shout out to you that video Am I gonna start crying right now? No, I'm gonna shut it shut it down. Don't cry But that video hit fucking hard because I really realized at that moment that I saw those socks These exact socks guys I Realized that well, I'm doing this man. I've dreamt about this. I didn't think this would happen, but I'm doing this I'm back in the fray. I'm back playing rugby and it happened because I wanted it to and I fucking made it happen That's why I was here in Christchurch. I didn't have to go down to rugby training. I made myself go. I Didn't have to go to the first game I fucking made myself go and here we are three weeks in I Ain't making myself go anymore. I fucking love it I love rugby and with that being said I'll see you next week For the match report after round number four of Canterbury Metro Rugby Division 2 For 2020 and with that being said, I'll see you later Peace out