Try, try again.

I'm relieved that Finn doesn't actually wear his jeans like this yet, but on his way to the shower, he did look like one of the year 11's.

As I was cleaning and polishing up the 3 bathrooms at work today, I kept wondering why I felt quite excited. I realised it was because I was looking forward to Finns rugby tonight. Spook said he had been looking forward to it and Finn certainly was. Meg elected to stay at home and read a book! His Upper Clutha team were playing against Cromwell at home. With each week, we can see Finns determination to score a try grow. He had more posession of the ball this week and the whole team played together very well. Cromwell are not such a strong team and were 48-0 at the end of the first half. Finn finally got his wish as I just managed to catch sight of the flame-haired one dip the ball to the ground triumphantly and score his first try.......for Cromwell!! Thankfully rugby doesn't seem to do own goals. What a terribly destructive thing THEY are. Cromwell were a man down and Ben played for them the first half before swapping with Finn who became a thorn in the side for Upper Clutha as he ran their men into the ground and did his bit for his new team to lessen the tries against them and to finally double their score with their 2nd and final try of the night. As they all shook hands at the end of the game, Finn stood at the end of the line and his team doled out claps on the back and hugs until it came to Josh Timu who floored him with a big tackle to repay him for stopping his try. Finn will now get a cup of tea at many doors in Cromwell. The whole team then headed off to the school disco and danced the rest of the night away.

Meg stayed home the whole night and read the book which her literacy teacher lent her - a Kiwi story which has certainly got her hooked whatever it is.