Two Week Rugby Championship
It was the middle of November and the national championship was coming up. Between rugby practice, school and social life the largest focus was on rugby for the next two weeks, it was nothing but preparation and focus strictly on the upcoming challenge. We called this a business trip because that's what it was, the whole team had one common goal in mind which was to strictly win and be the best team in the nation. There was also a lot of outside pressure as we were already ranked number 1 so during this time the expectation was for us to win and every other team and fan was against us, this was why this was a business trip we couldn’t let any of these outside sources affect us, we had to go there and win just to prove to everyone that nothing can stop us. The team left Monday morning heading to the frozen province of Ontario where we would play 3 freezing cold games with snowy conditions. After the team settled in for a couple days our first challenge was upon us, the number one seed versus the number 8 seed, and yes it's how you expected it to go, we blew them up, nonetheless there was still much respect between the two teams, as you just have to when you beat each other up for 80 minutes. After that win we knew our largest challenge was before us as we played the home team with a crowd filled with fans on a Friday night game under the lights, this was the perfect time for the upset to happen the scene was set and kickoff went under way, the game started very tough but we started to prevail and the points started to add up, we finally silenced the crowd with an intercept score and a taunting celebration. As the final whistle blew there was a sigh of relief but once again it was business and we knew we would win. We were so close, walking into the final game with a familiar opponent we knew we could do this and win one last game. The morning of the final game we woke up, peeked out the window and saw the slow falling snow flakes. As the day went on the snow started to pile up and sooner than later we had a championship final game in the snow. As we battled for the next 80 minutes we were able to do what had to be done and win with domination. Raising that trophy in that atmosphere was special, with all the outside pressure and expectations and everyone hating us we were able to do it, but again was there ever doubt? As this was one of the most close knit groups of guys with one goal in mind to win on this business trip.
