Personal Narrative: Rugby

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William Bourquard Katie Morrario English 9 May 9, 2024 7s Rugby I had gotten home from a long wrestling preseason practice, and my brother asked me a huge question when I walked in the living room. It was late August with clear weather outside. The grass was dry, and the air was hot making it hard to stay outside for too long, dry dirt and torn up grass covered Mulberry fields. The car felt like it just cooled down as we got into the driveway and parked in the garage. I walked into the house to the smell of the oven cleaning itself and all the windows open to cool the house and get the smell out. I walked into the living room, where it would have been impossible to have a blanket on. I saw my brother standing there covered in mud after his practice for rugby. We talked with …show more content…

What are we doing for fall break? Said my brother. My Mom answered, "We will probably go to Charleston for a break, as usual." I added, "We always go to Charleston for breaks, my friends are staying here this break, would it be fine if we didn't go this break and stayed here?" After a bit of back and forth between the three of us, my brother said, "If we stay Will could play rugby and start going to practices." I agreed with him saying, "I'll try rugby, it would be fun but I'm still going to focus on wrestling since it's my main sport but if it means staying here for a break, I will play it." My mom initially hesitated when she said, "I can't watch you play two high-contact sports, I would prefer if it stayed with one." I convinced my mom when I added, "It will keep me busy if I play it because it has two seasons, so I won't have as much downtime." My mom reluctantly agreed for me to play, but I had to wear a scrum cap. It was late August when I started to go to Rugby practice. I convinced my friend Quinn to play the season with me since he didn’t have a sport this time of

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