Day 2 - match against St Peter's

This morning we woke at 8.30am for brekky and a captain's run, lead by the incredibly good looking and intelligent tour leader, Ethan. Next we changed into our formal uniform and set off to Hautapu Rugby Club for our first game against St Peters. The game started off slowly, missed opputunities and lack of intensity resulted in a pretty disappointing start to the game.

Heading into the second half, we were down 29 to nothing, so we knew we needed to step it up and come together as a team but it was too little, too late, with the final score being 41-5 with Player's Player going to Ray.

After the match, we headed down to St Peter's Collegel for the post match function were we shared stories with the opposition. The afternoon was pretty quiet, with most of the boys sleeping until our trip to the local food court for dinner. Despite the loss, all the boys enjoyed the first real day of the tour, and hopefully learnt what it is going to take to be successful over here.

by Josh

Mums, all the boys got through the match undamaged, with just a bit of skin off (although a few egos required some ice packs after the game).

The Haka rattled a few of the boys and we played with nothing like the intensity we've displayed in our two tour matches back home. As Josh said, hopefully the boys have learnt what it means to play NZ teams in NZ.

The boys have been great ambassadors for the school here, with the owners, staff at the Old Boys Rugby Club (who hosted our dinner last night), and the St Peter's Ladies Auxillary all praising the boys for their conduct, appearance and manners. Recovery and training day tomorrow, with Scott Macleod taking the boys for a session tomorrow afternoon.

More tomorrow.

TW