Women's Rugby Has Been Playing It Safe. Not Anymore. | Too Blessed to Be Stressed Ep 3

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Let's call this segment playing it safe. we go to the field we go back to the hotel we rest up for the next day just to go back to the field or do a game hotel and we see amazing parts of the country amazing parts of the world but I think we get so caught up in rugby and rugby only and we're so focused that we forget to make memories what do you feel I think because for us I think the women's game is such a young game um it's sort of uncharted territory for a lot of us so as all these opportunities present themselves you kind of don't want to get too lost in all of that because we know how easily it can get taken away and how sort of special this is that it's actually happening for us you know we just have to be so grateful for the opportunity to go overseas even though maybe you don't go sightseeing for example not that we don't go sightseeing but i mean i think it's things like that that make make women's players feel like they need to be so focused on the job and we're here to play rugby and we have to play rugby but like you say i mean you look at the men you look at their photos after winning a you know a trophy in the cloak rooms boys with beers and you know there's so much vibe going on it's definitely something that is missing i think especially in south african women's rugby um i think in the prem it's a lot it's a little bit more casual you know those girls will have a couple of beers after a game to celebrate the win or whatever but i think for us we very you know this is how it is we have to stay in these lines we have to act a certain way the whole time and it's it's unfortunate it was it's a heavy um way to to carry i think um and that was actually my next question is this whole culture around men having a beer after a game with the opposing team, with the teammates. I saw a post, I think last year somewhere, where someone asked, we never see the girls having a drink after a game or celebrating a championship win or whatever. Is that something that links to this, what we're now saying, the game being very new and we don't want to be perceived in a wrong way? Or is it not a ladylike thing to do?

Or do we want to change it maybe as the game grows? or is it just not something that fits into our game? It's a good question. And I think it's something that people need to, I think within our structures and outside, need to think about, you know, because like you say, we don't, you don't see us celebrating. We definitely do celebrate, but you know, it's like low key, you can't, they want to do certain things in front of the camera and all of those things.

But I think it's definitely something that, I think it would be good to show the girls having fun as well. I mean, we are all just humans at the end of the day. we like to have a drink after a game just like anyone else i think some of my best memories looking back when we played tux was always you know the after parties or after training going for a drink before we go home you know those kind of things and i think now that we're in the professional setting we get caught up in i'm a professional athlete i need to be a professional athlete i need to you know um be a certain way and i'm not allowed to do this and i'm not allowed to do this but like i said we're still humans at the end of the day i think it's definitely for me my personal opinion is something that the the women's game is missing um i'm not saying have a glass of wine or have a beer because not not everyone enjoys that have a drink a cool drink afterwards but being in the in the change room talking about the game reliving those memories having those moments um making jokes about what happened in the game there's always something funny happening in a game and just kind of a quick recap before things get too serious and too analytical after a game. Just getting into the fun parts of it and bonding over those moments. Like 30 minutes after a game, man, let's just all sit together, chat about the game, good things, bad things.

And it's important to celebrate the small wins. Every time you win a game, there's a reason to celebrate. Maybe you didn't win the championship, but I mean, you won a game, that's a big deal. It's something to celebrate. So celebrate it while you, in those 24 hours and then go back to the job the next day.

So a story that we won't get into too much detail about because we don't want to get into trouble. But one of these types of memories that you will forever live to tell and something that inspired me to have this chat is one of your Olympic memories. So you don't have to share too much, just enough so that people know that we do like to have fun. And we can kind of sometimes just approach the line. We don't step over the line, but we approach the line.

So after the Olympic Games, massive, like I say, we need to celebrate the small things. Okay, we didn't win a medal or whatever, but we were at the Olympics and just to be there was reason enough for me to celebrate. After the last game, we didn't have a lot of time left in Paris. Myself and Kimi decided we're going to hit the town. We're going to see where it's happening.

I had some friends who had come over to the game to watch us and they told me they, at this like, in the street, busy street pubs, pubs music's going people having a good time they there they'd love to come there they'll make sure we get home safe all that they're european so we know okay they know how the trains and all that works so we're in good hands so kim and i got dressed up and we hit the town and it was absolutely amazing it was so cool to be there with like fans and people that were there were like family of some of the new zealand players and it was so just cool to be out and experience that as well But like you say, then you wonder, like, why can it not be a team thing? Why can't everyone, you know, come together and enjoy these things? And like you say, maybe it doesn't have to be about the alcohol. Everyone doesn't drink, which is fine. But just having that bonding as a team afterwards, having a bit of fun, you know, getting together to celebrate these small things.

I mean, we've now experienced this first, Anne, is how the golf game has developed into party. Yes. So, you know golf is a very respectable sport, very quiet Yeah, it's a gentleman's game, if I can call it that And Live Golf has turned golf on its head And now we had the experience to go and watch this and experience this And it's really opened the door to so many more fans And it's opened the door to a whole new way of looking at golf and experiencing golf And yeah, how was your experience at Live Golf? And just to say, like, I think this is the way forward. Like, people want to socialize.

People don't want to feel like they need to now put on another cap and be quiet in their place. Like, they still want to celebrate sports. Sport is about that celebration. So how was that? How was being there?

I think what Live Golf has done is kind of like what the 7th Series has done. True so true It the same you know we need to elevate something We need to make it exciting We need to make it for the fans and that exactly what they done i mean you get there it a festival type atmosphere the golf is going the beers are going you know the music going it absolutely amazing and that's what people want people want an experience they don't just want to go there just to watch a game i mean and i think even if you just think of going to watch a rugby game you don't just go to sit and watch the right you go because you're there with your mates you're having a couple of drinks you know it's a fun time and that's what makes i think just sports in general so exciting okay so our conclusion is we need to start making it a bit more fun afterwards for us definitely when it comes to the business part of of things we'll be there we'll be focused and afterwards we also just want to kind of deload and just have that environment of a bonding experience everyone together laughing about things and just you're decompressing yes i mean you know always say i joke about it but i'm very serious about when i say you know life is about balance you know i'm a very social person you know i like to go out and they're always down for a good time but when it's job time it's jog time you know then then my athletes hats on training hard doing what i want but when it's off and it's fun then it's fun yeah gotta love the likes of the fullest okay so we make a deal we're gonna start uh having more fun making more memories yes definitely and we hope everyone else follows we'll we'll see yes follow us don't be scared it's okay to have a drink now and you know especially if it's office talking about office uh it's official our question corner is now being called office corner yes every week we'll be answering three questions in office corner okay so this week's three questions um first question does it feel strange to play against each other uh does it make it harder to tackle them i think they mean like uh each other people you know each other yeah i think the first time when you just left the days is the first time we played against each other it was a bit awkward because i mean you know my friend and even at trainings like we'd never really we don't kill each other yeah and i i kind of had that same like oh it's kind of it was a bit awkward for me in the beginning but now i mean it is what it is part of a job it's not personal at least we know it's not personal some people take it personally but i feel like we're in a good space i think it is a thing of once you get into the four lines it's that focus and that focus like there's no names or no faces when when when that focus switches on um so that's the thing for me even that first game i was like oh it's gonna be awkward and then when we stepped onto the field i'm like listen it's your me yeah for every player I mean, I was everyone there was my family. Yes, but it's you or me. You either going to run over me or I'm going to tackle you. Yeah.

So what I like about it is because we have special bonds with each other across all teams is we don't go out to hurt each other on purpose. It's hard and it gets physical, but we would never push it too far to a place where it's nasty. Yeah. And that's the important thing. It's tough.

And when we walk off, we'll laugh about the hard heat or the whatever happened on the field. So it doesn't really make it hard. like when someone's running at you at full speed you don't really see the face no or the name no you just know it's you or me okay next question will you study rugby after you're done playing as a referee as a coach as a manager whatever uh depends what day you ask me some days i feel like yes you know i can coach the future generation other days i'm like oh no i can't see myself coaching um i've spoken a lot about you know the the possibility of refereeing afterwards there's a lot of opportunities there for for women's referees in south africa as well so i don't think i'm close to staying in rugby after playing it just i think it'll just depend on where i am in that time of my life what's going on around me what other opportunities maybe they are for me so yeah it's difficult for me to answer that i don't know i don't know for me yes obviously i've been pursuing the coaching thing and i've really i've really fallen in love with it completely you're a great coach if anyone coaches definitely you thank you the base for coaching oh you need a is it the angry friends the angry face um no i absolutely love it it really fills my cup i obviously still want to play now for like i'm not too serious about coaching in that way but uh i am pursuing that dream in that career as well i think there's a lot of opportunities for female coaches um and sr rugby has really been helping to develop female coaches so that's amazing so i'll definitely stay in the game after i'm done playing last question um favorite thing to do together outside of rugby drink alfie's wine yes please that's a good question we don't do much we walk our dogs we walk our dogs and bry we bry i think this is like i want to i want to call this outside of rugby thing but it's the inside rugby thing now because we are rugby players but before that i think kicking just going to the building kicking it's always been our thing like even before that was like coffee and kicking you know what are you doing today okay let's go kick and have a coffee yes we don't really see that as rugby that's not it's just it's our um psychology session with each other it's it doesn't feel like rugby it doesn't feel like work that's where we decompress yet again and where we laugh at each other and talk about the week and yeah coffee and rugby and kicking coffee and kicking holidays we've had a good getaway few holidays together um yeah we like to go big when we go big so we try to get away when we do that experiencing life yes all facets of it moving on here's a time for the games game time oh it's my turn okay girls are gonna love this so today i've cooked up a little something special for you i'm so scared so she thinks i did it dirty i don't know you did do me dirty because you know how i feel about quickfire questions it's not my strong point i can't think of anything when people ask me me things like this fish and fish and okay so what we're going to do is i bought five items today okay do you know all of these things okay you've experienced them you've seen them you've you know what they are i'm confident you know what they are i'm going to blindfold you and you're going to smell these items and then you're going to try and tell me what you think they're of okay don't put your face like that i'm scared i don't trust you this way okay i'll close my eyes Don't blindfold. No, no, no. I won't cheat.

No, no. I'm not taking your chances with you. I'm a professional athlete. I don't cheat. Look away.

Look away. Hold my mark. Okay. Here's the blindfold. This is my seat mask.

Oh, sexy. Oh, well. I'm going to look so ridiculous. Can you see anything? No.

How many fingers? I'm sorry. How many fingers I'm holding? All of them. Go again.

Thumbs up. Okay, we'll take that. Okay, item number one. Oh goodness. Tell me where to hold my sure mic.

Just hold your sure mic right there. You're not allowed to touch it because then you're going to know what it is. So I want you to take a deep sniff. Now? Yes.

Did you get it with me? um is that a rugby ball oh on the money on the money she knows her balls well we can't put that in pop cops of course we can and that is great well next one this is also something that you definitely know are you keeping school yes one okay ready yeah oh that smells nice do you want to smell it again again again again Have I used this? 100% you've used this. Do you want another smell? Yes.

Chappies. Am I right? No. It's okay. It's okay.

We'll reveal it at the end. That smells delicious. You definitely know what that is. Okay. The next one, I'm going to go in with this guy.

Are you ready? Mm-hmm. That's a bit old trinky, one of your first birds. That one's seen a lot of grass. Okay, okay.

Okay, this one, you know what this is. This is number four. This is number four. Yeah. Okay, smell it.

Can you smell something? Yes. it also smells nice you know what this is let's go again why is this so difficult no man is it lip eyes no sorry was that number two lip eyes no no no no okay now this one Last one. You should know. This is Pots.

This is Pots. It makes a sound. Get this one. You know this one. Smells like alcohol.

Be specific. Is it alcohol? Could be. I need specific. Um, hmm, is it rum?

Yes it is Can I un myself You can un yourself and see what we have to offer here So Slow Mag That foot smells so nice I thought you would have known. And the plaster. Does this not smell like a physio bag to you? It smells nice but plaster. Okay, but I passed.

And this is quite a new shoe. Oh, it doesn't smell like it. Okay, three out of five. Are you proud of me? Three out of five, I'm very proud of you.

Well done. the rugby ball that one i thought that was the easiest one that and freshly cut grass you know i dream about it you know it very well um okay well done that was a good challenge i'll give that one too i didn't expect that when i saw the bag i was like what's in the bag okay let's go to Wrapping up this year's Pick and pay Women's Super League It's been an exciting journey Can we first just speak about I don't want to I don't want to Sound negative when I say this But let's speak about you and the fight On that bottom There, on the log That bottom bit has been so exciting That's where the battle's at Those are the best games The most competitive, the most shockers that I've seen this season has come out of those bottom-line teams. You never knew who's going to take that game. And I think that's what sport's all about, is going into a match not knowing what the outcome's going to be and wanting to watch every minute because the game can change at any second. Imagine how Paul Lee could be like that.

That is what we strive for. That competitiveness that's going on in the bottom of our log, that is what we need throughout the whole log. It's exciting. That's why we maybe next year need a semi-finals. Yes.

Because the bottom teams... Definitely, because you get to fight for that, you know? And the bottom teams have just been getting stronger and stronger as the weeks were progressing, right? Definitely. So come semi-final time, a bounce of a ball can change the place for a final.

You never know. Anything can happen. Anything can happen. Can we talk about your game against the Charles? Okay?

That was like a very make or break game for both teams. Obviously, Taylor plays Scrummy for the Shorts. You play Scrummy for the Nines. You never got that little bit of a competition going. Taylor's our girl.

We like to bank. Let's talk about that. I watched that game. Yeah. Taylor.

Girl, I felt for you in those final seconds. That it had to be someone. Rugby's rugby, unfortunately. that kind of things happen and it could have been anyone it could have been as much as i'm saying it had to be someone it could have been anyone it's just more fun that we know her and then we get to never gonna hear the end of it i won't even mention it in my wrap-up of this game so yeah we all like going into that game we knew this this will determine where we end on the lot because both of us had uh two tough games left for our last games so this was basically our final yeah if i can put it that way and we knew they were going to come guns blazing we knew they've been having a really good season and they've been on the rise as the season season was going and we got the captain's run it was the hottest day of experience of 2026. even when we were in derbs the heat was something else the humidity the heat uh it was really really tough and i could immediately hear all my teammates go wow it's hot if that's your first foot you're really like So we went into captains had a very good captain's whatever it was nice to be in Durban And then went to the hotel good wrap-up session.

Everyone looked ready to roll Got to the game day The weather did an absolute 360. It was cloudy at first very cloudy not hot at all So we were like Game on this is our time to shine at sea level. So we're going to be extra fit, extra fit. So I was so positive getting there. And then as it was leaning towards kickoff time, it started drizzling.

Gotta love it. Gotta love the weather. And I'm like, okay, it's just a drizzle. And the moment I held the ball in my hands for kickoff, it started pouring down. And I don't even think you can see it on the camera.

No, you couldn't. It started pouring down. And I'm like, it's going to be one of those games today. Lots of scrums. Lots of scrums.

Scrums are poor forwards but yeah it was a big fight it was I don't think it was high as high quality rugby as we would have liked it because of the rain it has a major impact on the on the quality of the game um a lot lots of scrums and both teams are really strong dominant so it was a big fight up front and yeah it was a bit messy it was a big kicking battle as well because they have two massive kickers and people who dictate the game well with their boots so it was a good battle man it was really like tough up until the last minute like like you saw like up until the last minute it was anyone's game um just want a quick mention see i was there to watch the full he was next to the field in the rain yeah what a guy thank you brother for always showing up for us Watched the whole 80 minutes Cheering on the girls The sharks girls obviously Had a bit of band for me next to the side But cheering on the sharks girls And that motivated them so much The moment they spotted him They were like machines They were really like super focused And then you had went to the last minute We were behind I was on the bench That's the worst feeling ever Because you can't do anything You feel so powerless And I was just saying please please we need this we need this win and a minute after i said that kick charge down but now i can't version yeah balls and our youngster is on and she's kind of stressing and whatnot and i'm taking her the tea i'm lying now since he takes her the tea and he's like just kick it yeah just kick it and that was the win or lose key yeah and she kicks it over and it was crazy like all of us were jumping up and down they had to keep us off the field to not go on yet because there was still a kickoff coming still more stress and then things worked out so perfectly we beat them by one point a win to win in the last one world cups at one point it doesn't have to be pretty no it's the first time in history we've ever beaten them in durban so we've made a lot of history this season man uh it's been a phenomenal season for us so obviously work on There's obviously things we want to get better and that we're all going to get better at but we've made history this season Now how cool and how cool that CEO is it? I mean it just shows you like The power that our men have And the small things that they do just by coming to the woman's game that got the sharks were so pumped up And I feel like we feel the same when he's always you know very present with the streamer woman It's just so nice to see them, you know, just acknowledging us Seeing what we do coming out there to help us with things like it's so cool Like you said, it doesn't take much. No. They were playing the evening game, so they would anyways come to the stadium. And all he had to do is stand on the side and watch some rugby.

And he stood there in the rain. For 80 minutes until the final whistle blew. That's amazing. See you, the true head boy of South Africa. That's why.

But speaking of forwards, your forwards have been scrumming absolutely amazingly this season. We played against you guys and crushed us. Absolutely crushed us. why do you think where does your your your forward pack strength come from like obviously you have you have zulu who's the only one who's actually you know involved with the spring box at the moment how is it such a young group of girls that are making spring box crumble so i obviously don't want to share all our secrets don't don't say all the means of trade secrets here but like but those are my fighters man those forwards are really what what carried me through this season i can ask absolutely anything of them and they will try their best to do it like forwards prop is playing 80 minutes in the heat and they have a lot of young girls younger do you think the fact that you have such young girls in the forwards do you think they're inspired by the idea of becoming a springbok or are they just that good because you ask them so nicely oh no it's not me i can't take any credit for that i do think being next to a current springbok someone that was at the rugby world cup and and seeing where that badge has taken her in life is really what what inspires them she's also a phenomenal leader she's really someone that you do want to look up to and whose standards you do want to meet so i think she plays a very big part in our scrums um setting the standard nice and early trainings are very tough for them because she sets the standard and i think it's internal motivation as well um they just love what they do and they really just want to be the best at what they do and they take so much pride in our scrums you'll see how much energy we get from our scrums as soon as we get that scrum penalty or that go forward that's where the whole team gets their their energy from so they take that responsibility of listen this is our energy source and they really take it to heart so i think it's that fight in them um our shape in our scrum yeah very good and that comes from a zulu from uh come at our hooker setting those standards and then just that little fight of we want to show you what we can do yeah but in speaking of the young girls what's exciting for me is to see how i think our world cup successes has really i can see the young girls playing in the league now that have that sort of extra little spot because now not only do we believe but the youngsters believe as well and they are pushing so much harder to get involved now. It's just so cool.

Yes they want to be part of that next step of history that coming in the next four years They saw how it changed the dynamic of women rugby in our country So they know they have the opportunity to be part of that next history that next step we going to take So that definitely fueled the whole league as a whole to better themselves and to showcase what they have. No, definitely. And not to mention all the like young age division camps that we've had and club leagues and varsity cup and all of these little things, giving girls opportunities to start playing rugby younger. It's just, it's exciting to see. It's incredible to see that we're making this difference in the country.

And it's just, I can't wait for us to look back in like 10 years from now and remember of how we used to struggle to get girls to play and how it slowly started growing to something that I think is going to be absolutely massive. It's what we've been dreaming about. It's what we've been asking for and it's what we've been working for. And finally, one amazing World Cup led to a big bonfire being ignited and the whole country is asking questions about women's rugby, asking where can they start, where can they get in, if it's too late for them to start. And everyone's starting to see you can plan a life, you can have a life, you can have it as a career and do what you love.

You know what someone told me the other day, they think South African women's rape is a sleeping giant. And I agree 100% with it. I mean, the woman that we have in South Africa, the young girls, you know, our diversity, our history in the country, we have the strongest woman, I think, in the world or here in South Africa. Because we need to, you know, you need to be strong. It's tough here.

No, you have to fight for everything. Everything you want. Everything is a struggle. you know you are used to fighting and struggling since you were born and that that is exciting wrapping up the um picking by women's super league tell me about your highs and lows of the season your whether it's one moment or anything highs and lows big parts small parts of the season for you personally for me personally the low was not being able to play the lions game um thinking that i would be back from injury in time not being able to play because of a a technicality that was kind of it was a little bit annoying you know i picked myself like i'm used to dealing with injuries dealing with setbacks so it's not something that's you know is new to me but just the fact that i sort of was looking forward to that game just because we haven't played against each other for a long time so that was a little bit of a disappointment give us a bit of a back story about what happened so i got concussed it was maybe the first 20 minutes of the western province game um and it was such a great game as well i think that also must go down on one of the lows of the fact that i couldn't finish that game because it was such a competitive game it was so heated it was so intense and i felt like i was having such a great game and then you know life happens it is what it is you got to do what the doctor says and i mean those rules are there to protect us so yeah i'll just follow follow the protocol like this and then 21 days to the hour 21 days to the hour Lions game is just Too early If we played you in the afternoon I could have played But it's fine you know what I got to experience The job of carrying water for the team And obviously because we put up such a massive Score it was the whole time So I really got my steps in there And yeah Okay and your high of the season So I think the highest for me this season Obviously starting the podcast It has to get a mention in there um other than that just being able to to grow with the team we had a couple of you know new ladies coming into the bulls system that you need to sort of help you know you want to you want to teach them but also in a professional environment so having them understand what it means to be a professional athlete i think that's something that i quite enjoy doing i enjoy sharing my knowledge with the new girls and just sort of giving them the reality check of yes this is fun that's amazing and all of this but you're here to do a job so there is a little bit more of a serious idea as well um but i also think okay i missed the lions game it was sad but i got to see you i got to see you there warming up when i ran out for the warm-up for the team because i was playing 24 which means you don't play but you warm up it's it's tough when you play 24 and you don't you know play you get a taste of it but you don't get the whole cake you warm up you're there you're sweaty and then you just then play so that was that was fun but i get to see you there practicing your drop kicks huh no i would i'll get into the story with my highs and lows okay my um low of the season was getting injured so not many people know because i'm sneaky like that yes uh so in warm up with our western province game which was our second game of the league i um felt something funny my tricep when i passed in warm-up and it wasn't funny good it was and a tricep is quite important for a scrummy who just passes the whole the whole time i mean it's your number one job right tricep the good one and i was like just walk it off you know how we are just walk it off and then when warm-up finished and i really couldn't do my job as well as i wanted to i'm like guys can you just compress it there's just a little of a bit of a funny feeling then we went to a coaching camp so I couldn't get it scanned or anything and it started feeling better and I'm like nah it's fine it's fine walk it off went on with my life and then started prepping for the next game and the physio said listen let's just get it scanned so we know what we're working with turns out I have like a two centimeter tear in my tricep and like seven centimeters of bleeding in my tricep and she's like so the season is done and I'm like it just started no no ma'am so I said what's the next option after the season being done? What's option two?

Give me option two. And she's like, no. And I said to her, like, the pain is not bad. I can push through it, whatever. And convincing her and the doctor and my fiance and everyone that I'm just going to push through.

I need this. I need this more than anyone else. We just strapped it up for the rest of the season and said a lot of prayers. And they've just been treating me and getting a lot of help from lions as well and i just played the whole season with a team in my butt and my tricep um you won't believe how many things you use your tricep for like ball drop oh so thank you for trying to assist me in telling me i need to drop my ball further yeah so let me tell you warm up bulls days lions i see her mania over there practicing her kickoffs i'm like you know this is my friend see she's dropping the ball a little bit close to her body but she looks quite in the zone and i don't want to you know yeah i'm a little bit scared because she's very focused so i'm just like ah moiki drop your ball a little bit further from your body you know you'll strike it a bit better she's like oh thank you little bit i know that she could because i was strapping she can't actually extend her arm that much so it's quite so they can't extend and you like drop it further so i'm like okay i'll work with the shoulder bring it in with the shimmy on the shoulder Okay, that was my low. My high, man, this season was filled with highs, and I'm so glad that it was.

Like I said, we made history. I think one of the best moments and one that got me teared up was Vitingborde. We know they are the heart of women's rugby in South Africa. They've won the championship so many times, and you know they're always going to bring it. They're such natural ballers, And it's always a nice and clean game.

It's so tough. You can feel it for weeks after. But it's just a clean game. It's just rugby. It's tough because it's rugby.

So beating Border really brought tears to my eyes. And seeing what it meant to my team to make history, to beat Border for the very first time ever, was really a special moment this season. And I think one I'll be carrying with me for the rest of my rugby career. Well, I think a high for me this season. Another one?

You've been having a great season. winning the title once again doing what we do was it a surprise wasn't it i mean playing in the final that's definitely something different spicing it up there you can see the growth in the other unions like a bullion knocking province out there in the last once again the investment in the investment in bullion you can see it in evidence so i think that definitely yeah always nice to be there has to be the pinnacle of the season oh it's nice to win i know the winning feeling now you need to taste that in a red jersey okay but we'll get there i'm proud of you i'm proud of how you let your team um how you've been there on and off the field for the team for the individual players um i think it's it's something that stays long after the trophy stays is that mark that you that you make in their lives and their rugby career so stop it someone did layla say you must say that to me do you want a blue jersey or you want the size thank you now i'm proud of you i'm proud of what you've been achieving and i'm proud of having a successful season thank you miss i say something about you now you know how i feel about you you already said i'll make a great cut she will that is us wrapping up episode three if you've gotten this far thank you we see you remember the most important thing like and subscribe thank you once again to all our sponsors alfie221 and the very nice sure microphones planet world we see you also a special shout out to rudy our boy our boy use them guys next time liby hours Thank you.

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