In Week 2 we had a visit to the school from a rugby clinic. The guy from Rugby WA could not believe that we out here in a remote Aboriginal community had actual Rugby Posts up on our field.

The kids had a blast and took to the game and drills with enthusiasm. We learnt passing and tackling and how to run forwards whilst passing backwards. It took us a while to stay behind our friends so that they could pass the ball backwards to us unlike AFL where we can get the ball from any direction.

We had a lot of fun playing many games and at the end of the day some of the kids were awarded prizes for their effort. The whole idea of the clinic was to help us learn the rules of rugby so that we could attend and play in a small carnival “The deadly 7’s” at Mullewa the following week.

On Tuesday the 4^th of August we attended Mullewa for the carnival.

What a great day with our kids backing up to play many games. We went through the tournament undefeated across all grades. With a small school and numbers, we couldn’t fill a whole team in any age group so we had some younger kids playing against the 5 and 6’s from other schools. A great day was had by all and we especially liked the sausage sizzle that the local police and Rugby WA people helped cook.

Below are some actions shots of the kids as they both learnt how to play and also played in Mullewa.