Comments on: 77 nil

By: guineapigmum

guineapigmum — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:46:09 +0000

Hello Mumble! Yes, I remember football matches like that as well. I particularly remember GP2’s team’s first ever match, at 6yrs old, in the pouring - make that torrential - rain. They didn’t realise they were supposed to go the other way after half time, which was hugely helpful to the other team!

By: Mumble

Mumble — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:19:37 +0000

These games can be so uneven! I remember watching a game of footie which my eldest was in in freezing conditions in Dunbar (are there ever any other conditions there?) - the referee kindly blew the final whistle a good half hour early at which point the score was 14 - 0 and rising…

By: guineapigmum

guineapigmum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:00:19 +0000

I must confess I’m not too enthusiastic about him playing rugby - far too dangerous, I think. He was mostly a spectator in Game no. 1 but no doubt that will change! They have designs on him as scrum half apparently.

By: Jackie Cameron

Jackie Cameron — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:48:24 +0000

Hey GPM how on earth did you bring yourself to watch the rugby? My son’s brief flirtation with the game was only at the touch rugby level and I was too jittery for that. He opted for basketball - he is tall and can run a bit - and when he had a second short stint at the game with the oval ball his coach mentioned that many rugby players play basketball and vice versa ( it’s something to do with the ability to pass the ball I understand). I would stress that basketball is no easy game to watch either. As a non contact sport there seems to be a lot of “contact” and falling over - hard. Maybe I am just too much of a softy. Great to be 13 and have so many choices!