USA 7's Day 1

Today was the first day of USA 7's Rugby Tournament in Vegas and we had tickets. It was definitely an experience. Everyone was so nice we exchanged names and visited through out the day. We saved seats when we went to get food and to go to the fan festival. The games were 14 minutes and very intense. Unlike in football when you constantly stop the game there is no stopping in rugby. There were several times when a player went down hurt and they played around him, or moved across the field and played away from them. There was no stopping of the game at all, no matter what. They only time the game stopped at all was at the end of the quarter. The most intense games, were between South Africa and Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, and Samoa and Kenya. England and Wales were also great teams. Here are some of the pictures that we took today, and some from yesterday also when they got to meet the USA Eagles and also happened to run into the team from Fiji. I'll post all the pictures and the videos on my facebook page.

Rugby

Last Saturday as I was sitting with the other moms at rugby one of them told me that I should start playing with the women in Tue and Thurs nights. I laughed them off and told them that I was to old to play. However as I thought about it, and remembered my goal to get back in shape for 2010 I decided why not.

So last night I went thinking that I will do my best especially considering that I don't know much about rugby beyond what my kids have taught me. Well last night they brought in a guy that used to play professionally and with one of the worlds best rugby teams. He did the teaching and the drills last night and we had a scrimmage game.

I LOVED it. Yeah my body ached a bit but it was one of those feel good aches. I am excited to go back on Thurs. Next week I can't go at all as we have commitments those nights, but every other time I will definitely be there.