Showing posts with label rugby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rugby. Show all posts

Saturday, June 23, 2018

A Great Season

Last night I took my Mom to Sean's final rugby games of the season.  The Bison played really well and got several tries in each game but they ended up losing both games.  It has been a rough season for the Bison but they have worked really hard and never gave up!  Most of the team had never played rugby before and most of them were sixth graders playing boys who were much older.  It was so much fun to watch (even though I usually have no idea what is going on).  Great job Bison!
Now bring on the football season!

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Let's Go Bison

Last night the South Davis Bison had another series of games and I was there to cheer them on!  Have I mentioned that rugby is incomprehensible?  I honestly don't understand what is happening most of the time but I sure love watching Sean play.  He had the ball quite a bit and he run the ball the whole length of the field to pass it off to another boy for a try!  I cheered so loud!  South Davis ended up with two wins (I think)!
I sure do love this kid!

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Rugby!

Sean is playing rugby again this summer and he has already had a few games but I haven't been able to go to any of them.  Yesterday I was on aunt detail and one of my responsibilities was to get him to his games so I finally got to see him in action.  It is so fun to watch him play, even though rugby is absolutely incomprehensible!  His team has struggled a little bit this season and they lost their first two games.  In their third game against Olympus, however, they were on fire and got five tries!  This is the first game that South Davis has won and I'm choosing to believe that it was because I was there cheering so loudly!  I sure do love this kid and I love getting to spend time with him!

Monday, June 26, 2017

End of the Season

Saturday's rugby games were Sean's last of the season.  I have had so much fun watching him play and I am so proud of how much he has improved.  The whole team has improved so much and they played so well on Saturday.  Their first game was against Herriman and they got a huge victory against them, including a dramatic try (point) scored by Sean (pictured above).  That win allowed them to advance to the next game which was against Tooele.  Bountiful got a very hard-won victory against them and they advanced to the championship game against West Lake.  I think this game was their best of the season and they scored five tries (including one from Sean).  Unfortunately, West Lake scored eight to beat them which was disappointing to the boys but their coach was so proud of them!
I am a little bit sad that the season is over because rugby is really fun to watch (I still find it to be incomprehensible) but football will start again in the fall.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Another Saturday of Rugby

Last Saturday morning found all of us back at Murray Park for some rugby!  It is becoming a ritual just like football was in the fall.  I can't believe that I actually get up early on a Saturday!  Bountiful played Olympus, Hunter, and Herriman.  They barely lost to Olympus, they got killed by Hunter (I bet some of the players were little brothers of my students), and they beat Herriman.  Despite that win, Sean wasn't very happy at the end of the morning and could barely smile for me (but at least he did it!).  Here are a few action shots of him in the game against Hunter.
I overheard one of the Moms say that she had absolutely no idea what was going on.  Same!

Monday, May 29, 2017

Two Tries!

Once again Marilyn, my Mom, and I went to see Sean play rugby last Saturday and this time we actually got to see him play!  Just so you know rugby is incomprehensible (although I understand it better after watching a few games) and Sean is very good at it!  Bountiful played Copper Hills, West Lake, and Taylorsville and they won the game against West Lake!  Sean and two other kids on the team are over the height and weight limits for his age group so, unless the team they play is physically matched with them, they cannot tackle but can only touch the other players.  I think this is a little bit frustrating for Sean because, when he had the opportunity to tackle against West Lake because they were similar in size, he let loose.  At first he was a bit timid but then he started knocking kids to the ground!  He was always involved in the action and he was able to run the ball the entire length of the field for a try two different times!  It was so fun to watch and the three of us just about lost our minds cheering for him!  By the way, a try is a point in rugby which I think is dumb because he didn't just try to score, he actually scored!  One of the things I really like about rugby is at the end of the game all of the players link arms and bow to the crowd!  That is cool!  Here are some pictures of Sean in action!
This is the scrum.  It is used to determine who gets the ball (kind of like a jump ball in basketball).  Sean is always in the middle of the scrum!
Sean had this amazing tackle right in front of me so I was able to capture it!
The teams bowing to the crowd at the end of the game!
He was all smailes after his big win!
I sure do love watching him play!
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