Winners! Lachlan’s School Rugby Gala Day

Lachie’s school played the knockout gala day and won all three games, putting them through to the semifinal for Sydney North and another day off school.
Lachlan’s teacher and coach Mr Wilson is an absolute champion, he is so good with the kids and we are so lucky to have him at the school. He has out of his own personal time been training the kids twice a week after school and Wow! Did it show. He teaches the kids that you are only as good as your weakest players, so it is up to the better kids to help teach the kids like Lachlan that have never played before. He also has ingrained an impeccable team spirit in the boys, someone makes a mistake and they are consoled and told heads up, let’s all fire up and make up for it together. Mr Wilson is one of the quietest coaches on the side line, because his teachings have the boys doing everything themselves. Watching the more experienced boys vocally yelling and organising the team was great. They all chanted together Hold! Hold! Hold! Chop his legs! Taking down the other team’s monster front row forwards together. There are a couple of outstanding players such as Braiden, Cooper, Cassius and two smaller boys which I don’t know their names. Together they made outstanding runs, tackles and tries, with the backup of team.
In the first game, Lachlan took a try saving catch of a kicked ball I will remember forever. It was very close to their try line and was going so fast, I didn’t even know where it went and Lachie had caught it without knocking it on and diffusing the situation. This in my opinion was the toughest team they played and they were only up 3 tries to 2. They ended up winning 4 tries to 2 but I feel he really stepped up and without this phenomenal catch the game would have been much closer.
Watching all the boys play together for each other was great and I’m very pleased I was there to witness it 😊Read more