2nd day of training for Borneo 7s

Today was another long day of hard work. It was definitely the hardest day of training so far at camp and one of the hottest. We started off the day with our usual morning practice. This consisted of agility drills, timed runs, and sprints. After about 2 hours of that, we finally went into ball work. We decided it would be best for our training if we ran our sprints first and became fatigued from it then went into ball work after so that we can practice handling the ball and making proper passes while we are tired.

After training we went to Kenny Rogers (again). I got some laundry done and soon enough we were off to another session. This session proved to be a lot more exciting than the previous days though. We were asked to play in a 4 team touch tournament with the Malaysian National Team, a top Malaysian club team, and the Borneo Eagles. We had our first match against the Borneo Eagles. They were hands down one of the best group of rugby players i have ever faced. They were all kiwis and all professional rugby players from the NPC, which is a top level in New Zealand and a feeder for leagues such as the Super 14. We were all a little star struck at first when playing against them as some of the boys even recognized players for the Super 14s Rugby League on TV. After the first game though we got all the nervous out and began to finally play rugby like we know how to. We played an improved match against the Malaysian national team and even better against the malaysian club team. It proved to be a great experience in the end and we even got to meet a Hong Kong 7s Legend, Tomasi Cama. He was coaching the Borneo Eagles team that we played and refereeing the games. Tomasi was one of the best fijian players ever to play and scored on of the most famous tries in rugby history. here is a clip of him back in his prime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU1o4U2jep4

We ended the day with a team dinner at Pizza Hut and another visit to our tailoring friend who only took about 45 mins in total to measure and tailor our entire teams jerseys which once again proves that filipinos are hard workers. After another long day its finally time for bed, because the day starts off bright and early tomorrow for 2 a day training sessions, but what keeps us going is that it is 1 more day closer to the tournament and finally being able to showcase what we have been training for.