Day #2 - Rugby, Rugby and more Rugby....

we won our game v Valley Fort, 44-24 ...

Day two was one of the more interesting days of the tour so far. We enjoyed a day of rugby, rugby and more rugby during the day. 

The day started with a bit of a surprise for the boys as we walked over to Happy Valley (the Hong Kong Footbasll Club field) to watch the Classic Wallabies team train prior to their tens competition which commenced on Wednesday. At this training session we saw the likes of Wallaby legend, Wendell Sailor, Justin Harrison, and many others, preparing for their tournament. The palyets too timr out to meet and greet withe the boys, answer questions and get a few photosd (on the Flickr site). It was pleasing to see one of my childhood heroes also switch codes from NRL to play rugby at this tournament, Steve 'Beaver' Menzies (Manly Legend).

Following this we caught a Tramway, down to central pier, home of the world famous Star Ferry. Unfortunately I missed directed the boys and we ended up going in a different way so our tram ride took a little longer than expected. Once in central we hopped on the star ferry and went over to Kowloon across the wonderfully spectacular Hong Kong harbour. 

Once in Kowloon we had a lovely meal at a traditional Chinese restaurant overlooking the sights. It was a eye-opener for many of the boys to have traditional Chinese food. Some of the items included jellyfish noodles, peking duck wraps, a soup (that I'm sure is not made in Australia as it smelt pretty bad), and fried ice cream that once we opened it actually wasn't fried ice cream it was an egg with Apple inside it???. 

After enjoying this delicious lunch we walked to the MTR (mass transit rail) and caught our first subway experience up to Jordan station and Kings Park. 

At Kings Park (the venue of our Tournament on Thursday) was the next surprises for the boys , as we got to witness the Australian sevens team training against Spain in an opposed session. Both team  where very physical, and the session was great to watch, especially as we will see bnoth team again play this weekend in the HK 7s. After the session the coach Andy Friend and many of the players stopped and chatted with our boys in a short Q&A session prior to them leaving and going back to the hotel.

We jumped on the bus and then headed to our second game of the tour against Valley Fort, which was played over near Stanley. This was an exciting bus ride particularly around areas of the island many would not see in Hong Kong. The school we played at was the Hong Kong international school, and it was a wonderful venue to play another game on Synthetic turf field. 

The match was one was another hard fought contest with Valley for leaving at half time one try over TSS but in the end our fitness and physicality proved to be the winner on the day and TSS won by 44 to 24 in this match After a quick bus ride back to the hotel some dinner the boys enjoyed a well and rest and after a wonderful day would be pleased with the reference. I must thank all the parents who have made the journey across to Hong Kong to watch our boys play it's wonderful to have that sideline support

Finally I would like to send my condolences to my father who lost his mother and buried her today. At 102 she has had a wonderful life... thinking of her whilst in Hk. miss you Gran.