Too often on The Roar we are negative, and that includes me. So following the Waratahs lead from Friday night, here’s something positive. Last weekend I had the pleasure, for the second year running, to attend the Cowra 10s – Australia’s oldest 10s tournament.
The beauty of events like Cowra is that it embraces everything great about rugby. The physical contest, the silky skills and of course the social side.
The beauty of this event is you have players of all levels participating.
From Shute Shield 1st graders all the way down to country town colts teams. Teams who come to win, and teams who use football as an excuse to sample the beer in someone else’s town.
Never has that kid I saw on the wing from the Young Yabbies seen a Sydney 1st Grade winger, let alone play against one – I bet he learnt a few things.
Never have some Sydney players spoken to some blokes who travel 4 hours for a game and have a camel named Bruce living on their football ground. I could go on.
Well done to those organising the Cowra 10s and other similar events. You enrich all those who turn up.
So next time you’ve had enough of the clowns at Fort Fumble, or are upset at the way your team is playing and are thinking of turning your back on the 15 man game, jump in the car and make a weekend of a Cowra-type event and you’ll quickly be reminded of why you initially fell in love with Rugby.
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