Rugby League Game for Otahuhu Leopards

On one shivery Saturday morning at 10 o clock we played against Manurewa at Mt Richmond Domain. I was early and some other people were too and they were practising their kicking.
I like challenging Manurewa because they are hard.




When I got down to my team mates the coach (my Dad) came and we had to train. It looked like it was going to pour down until the sun came out. We had to practise our passing drills. Finally the ref called us for the game. I was excited. I could not wait to start playing.
We got to receive the ball. The prop caught the ball and started running as fast as a bull trying to get a cowboy man off his back. Then they passed the ball to me. I started to run fast and I stepped the opposition and I made a gap for me to score a brilliant try. The crowd was cheering for me to get the try and I went through a small gap and scored a try. Some of my team mates said, 'Nice try', or 'Good going'.
Then we got ready for Manurewa to kick off. When they kicked off I caught it .I stepped the fullback and bumped off the wing and I sprinted my way to the try line but someone ankle tapped me. The ref said that I was held. I said 'What'. So I played the ball and George scored a try. He is in our team. I said 'We are wasting Manurewa'. Then the ref called for half time.

It was 20 minutes left. My Dad told us to keep up the defence. He told us that we are a better team than what we are playing on the field. So we did our cheer that my team always does at half time and full time. I asked if I could come off and I was allowed.
Then Maloni and I were telling stories about how we felt about the game . My Dad called my name and took Freedom off and I was on until the game ended.When I went on Manurewa had already scored 2 tries. We kicked off then Daniel scored a try and Ayrton made the conversion. We were winning. But the pressure was still on. I got the ball and I was close yet again. Someone on the sideline said that there was only 5 minutes till the gamewas over. So Freedom came on and he scored a try. Then Kehua got the conversion. The ref called for full time.

But I did not get player of the day. Fredom and Maloni got the player of the day. But my Dad said that I was the third player of the day.