The 6yo has nagged, cajoled, begged and bribed to be taken to rugby training on a Sunday morning. Last year the then 7yo played. She loved it and was pretty good but as she was the only girl playing, her love soon waned and she decided not to continue this year. The boy, who was aptly named the 5yo last year, flatly refused to play after two training sessions. [Apparently sausage and chips didn't outweigh mud and cold!]
This year the 5yo is the 6yo and he's huge, a good two foot above some of his peers and he seems set on playing the sport. Hubby is delighted and fed up all at the same time. A big fan of rugby, he is delighted that boy wants to play but gutted that a Sunday morning lie-in is a thing of the past. The training ground is 27 miles away.
This year we've decided not to invest in kit till we're sure sproglet II is serious. He's currently playing in hand-me-down AstroTurf trainers and jogging bottoms.
'Excuse me Dad,' he said on Sunday, in a chastising tone. 'But I need rugby boots.'
Hubby retorted. 'Can you remember last year when I spent a load of money on boots for you? What happened then?'
The 6yo looked unfazed by this line of questioning by the 'would-be' sports reporter.....He sighed condescendingly.
'Last year I retired. Now I'm back.'
I'm sure the world of Rugby will be delighted with this news.
Brilliant comeback from the 6yo! I love that The Boy plays rugby and at 6ft 4' he's a natural second row but watching one of his team mates being taken off in the air ambulance during their match on Sunday was an unwelcome reminder of just how tough a game it can be, even at this level. Nothing serious fortunately and the casualty was home by the afternoon. Be warned that the kit gets much more expensive. Skins at £40 each for tops and bottoms, I've just forked out £50 for a super duper all singing all dancing gum shield, £50 for body armour. I'll be selling a kidney soon! Let me know when the 6yo is wearing size 11 boots (adult) and I'll let you have The Boy's old pair from last season.
ReplyDeleteThat kid is awesome! Good come back!
ReplyDeleteHow Cool. Maxi has just started beavers and loves it, but I wasn't going to get the uniform till I was sure, thankfully some kind soul on twitter sent me one.
ReplyDeleteAt the mo, both boys play football, but Mini wants to move to Rugby, however he can not go until he is seven and yep it is a 30 mile round trip for us
sounds crazy we had to leave a scout camp site early to get to training on the Sunday... But squashy Joshy loves it.
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