Fiji Stardate 8th July a Wednesday
well we have had some minor technical difficulties with the internet here ...... seems it does'nt respond well to Fiji Time.
Sorted foe now.
What a great experience the Fiji tourists are enjoying.
Yesterday we travelled to the Namaka Public School to play three local teams.
The whole school turned out to watch and support their local teams and of course in the Fiji spirit a section of the school was designated to support and cheer for Newport.
At the welcome ceremonies one of the teachers said a prayer for the games in which the whole school community (well over 1,000 children) participated. She thanked the Lord for our safe journey and talked about the rugby that would be played that day and captured the spirit of the games that were to be played that day when she said to all "play with love not with fear".
And, the boys did just that.
We all enjoyed an afternoon of great Rugby. Our boys played with great spirit and passion. The games were tough and both teams wanted to win each game that was played, what made it special is the way in which the boys, Fijian and Newport, were helping each other up after tackles and patting each other on the back at the break of play.
Or boys showed great character, eight international tries were scored by Newport on the day and the result one win, one draw and one loss.
But really, there is not a person involved on the day who would see it as anything other than a win.
All in all a great day of Rugby.