National Camp: Day 2

Just back from a day at the land aka The Greater Little Rock Rugby Complex. The first thing I noticed was the unusual number of cars in the lot. There were quite a few people out, including some familiar faces like Wilma and Brian of the Little Rock Rugby Club. There were also a few dogs running around, including Sheila, Zoe, Tasha all belonging to the sevens contigent.

We were there all day, having a morning and afternoon session. This morning we had ball handling and tackling assessments followed by the the Samoa tackling drill. Most of us had a lunch break inside, in the warm temperatures. Daniela, who arrived yesterday, got to do her fitness testing today. Sinkler said D had a four minute break following her testing, a banana and then rejoined the group for the afternoon session.

During the afternoon, we had set play scenarios, scrums, line outs, and kick offs from which we moved onto open field play. With fitness and skills testing done, it's nice to start putting the game together. That's what tomorrow will be all about: time to put it all together and play with each other.