I arrived at around 8:30am and now some 7 hours later I was starting to feel weary. It wasn’t the feeling of weariness that comes as a result of being tired or bored. Like having to listen to another ‘what happened last night’ on the Bachelorette conversation or having to listen to a Simon Bridges interview. This was the all over body weariness you get when you know that if you sit down, you just won’t get up.
With camera in hand, I sat down (taking the risk and knowing full well that this could been a fatal mistake) behind the goal line and waited for the lineout. It wasn’t that the Women’s final unfolding in front of me wasn’t interesting, very far from it. It was a thoroughly enthralling final, it was just the fact that 7 hours of shooting was now catching up with me.
As players started to gather in front of me, the sunburn on my neck was starting to sting, likewise the tip of my nose. My legs were starting to feel heavy and I was now operating with a definite fatigue in my step. All this and I hadn’t even played a game of rugby! In this instant the thought suddenly crossed my mind that maybe I need to participate in some preseason training instead of shooting it. Realising that this was most definitely a thought to not dwell on, I let it pass and returned my attention to the lineout in front of me and the cold Speight’s that awaited me.
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Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Kaipoi vs Otago Islanders - Free Download The Spartan 10’s charity rugby tournament held at Green Island Rugby Club in Dunedin on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. © John Caswell/Caswell Images/http://www.caswellimages.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
