Rugby: Bring it on..!!

     I just love sports, be it then anything. By now, I have played almost more than 20 different kinds of sports. I am really a passionate about Sports. Last week, I got chance to try my hands on rugby in one of the tournament organized by my MBA cohort mates. Event was really well organized and teams arrived there were very professional Rugby Teams.

     Although as charitable event, it was not fully professional rugby. This event was fun event and made in such a way that people should know more about the Rugby and then can promote this sport around the county. This Rugby was Touch Rugby in which you don’t come across actual body tackles whereas you will be touched by opponent’s player then you need to pass the ball to his team members. Like this you will be allowed 5 touches but after that on 6^th touch Ball will be given to other team to attack.

     I felt this type of Rugby is really safe and one can even have girls and kids on their team. In fact, I was having 2 girls and 2 kids of (10 yrs old) on my team of 9 to play this tournament.

     We played 4 matches in which we lost in quarters by 1 try. My team was absolutely new in this sport, many of them were not even know the rules. 

     I must admit that for first game my team was having no idea what’s going on and we lost the match by 3 tries. In second one, we understood few rules and went for another one where we showed much better resistance and we allowed only try to happen against us. In 3^rd game, we understand rules much better than two before and we dominated the game which made us to reach quarter finals with having 0-0 results.

     Later on, by the time quarter finals start my team was absolutely exhausted and drained out because hot and humid weather which was absolutely not suitable for this games but they were still keen to get on one more game and were hungry to cross that TRY line. So, it was easy for me as leader to lift the spirit in them. In match, We also reached to Try line but just failed inch away to cross it and we lost the game by 1 Try. L

     If my team would have crossed that TRY line then It would have been like winning tournament. I still regret that moment when I could not dive myself beyond that TRY line for my team but nevertheless that have made me more hungry for the next tournament and I am very much sure that me and my team will cross it next time because now me and my team know the game very well now and can strategise it better. J 

     I enjoyed tournament so much and once again this game has given different learning and different perspective to see life differently. Thanks to Platinum Rugby Tournament. J

Cheers..!! J