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Didn’t we have a fun time! The Vikings girls ripped up at CC7s on the weekend, taking home the $1000 prizemoney and a bunch of Blackest Cat kit, including boots!
Vikings chicks are grinning winners
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I’m pleased to report that the ACT Brumbies team took out the inaugural Sevens by the Sea tournament at Newport on Saturday, 27 February.
We Brumbies lasses were undefeated over four pool matches against Sydney Uni, Redfern Legends, Penrith and Hunter. We entered the semis ranked second, falling two points behind Warringah on for-and-against, and this lined us up for a second meeting with Sydney Uni.
We put on a great show and defeated the Students soundly. After a 20 minute break, we headed for the final against Warringah.
What a great game! ACT played Sevens the way it should be played – elusive with the ball, avoiding contact and ripping them up when presented with opportunities, supporting each other, communicating and being patient, accurate and strong in defence. We took the game 33 – nil.
Personally, I was fairly pleased with my day. I had been a little nervous because in my first game back after my last knee reconstruction, I tore the meniscus and was sidelined for another three months. Thankfully, there was no repeat of this calamity.
I had set myself the following aims: to be quick onto any loose ball, to contest the breakdowns where appropriate, and to constantly support the ball carrier. I’m happy with how I went and naturally, there is still plenty to work on for next week.
I was quite pleased that we faced Sydney Uni in our first pool match. Alex, one of my competitors for a backrow position at the Brumbies, was actually playing for them rather than for us. She’s a fearsome competitor and a great challenge for me to face in my first game back. ‘Twas a good game, a good game.
ARU Sticker featuring Berrick Barnes and Alex Hargreaves
As I’ve said, I take a bunch of positives from the day, and have a little list of things to work on, too. I’m heartened at both the determination and skill we showed – it bodes well for our representative season and we can take a heap of confidence from the day.
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So, here begins my blog at rather an interesting point in my life.
I’m currently on sabbatical – that’s one way of looking at it. In pure fact, I’m taking 12 months or so off to concentrate on playing rugby. Nearly 31 years old and playing rugby for fun: I am indeed in a fortunate position.
But this week is something special. I’m playing rugby for the first time in almost 8 months, returning from a knee reconstruction. Actually, playing for the Brumbies is always special, but I will savour this weekend and intend to provide a decent preview of my mettle!
We’re playing in the Sevens by the Sea tournament, which will be pretty tough – it’s apparently 5 games in the one day. But at least I’ll have a jersey on rather than a water runner’s bib!
No more water running for me!
