常州威雅公学巨人队出席日本橄榄球世界杯
时间： 2019-10-15
来源： 常州威雅公学
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刚刚过去的十一黄金周，三名常州威雅公学的老师（同时也是常州巨人橄榄球队成员）前往日本东京参加了世界上20支最好的橄榄球队的比赛。黄金周的到来让他们正好有机会亲身加入到首次在亚洲举办的橄榄球世界杯。小学部校长Mr. Jacobs、小学部副校长Mr. Wood以及橄榄球主任Mr. Thurgood在日本度过了充实的四天，在静冈观看了南非对意大利的比赛，还欣赏了一些精彩的橄榄球表演赛。作为本届世界杯最受欢迎的球队之一，南非曾七次达阵以49比3取胜。
观看橄榄球赛和品尝美味的日本食物是这次旅行的一大亮点，他们还参观了鱼市，享用了新鲜的寿司。当然，他们不仅观看了橄榄球比赛，还被入选参加了长三角队（Yangtze Delta Blues）与三菱集团队（Mitsubishi RFC）的开场比赛。这场比赛的地点就是当晚举行英格兰对阿根廷比赛的场地。长三角队的开局非常好，他们用自己强大的力量突破了三菱队的防守。Mr. Thurgood 在比赛中展示出了强大的天赋，取得了两次达阵。最终比分是56比14。
During the Golden Week holidays, three members of WASCZ and indeed the Changzhou Giants rugby team took the opportunity to travel to Tokyo in Japan to join the twenty best rugby playing teams in the world. The holiday came at the perfect time to allow them to travel to the first Rugby World Cup to be held in Asia. Mr. Jacobs (Head of Primary), Mr. Wood (Deputy Head of Primary) and Mr. Thurgood (Head of Rugby) had a busy four days in Japan where they enjoyed watching South Africa versus Italy in Shizuoka, where there was some excellent rugby on show, as one of the tournament favourites South Africa ran in seven tries to win 49 – 3.
Watching rugby and eating delicious Japanese food was a highlight of the trip, especially with their visit to the fish market where they made the most of the fresh sushi. However, not only did they watch rugby but they were also selected to play in the inaugural Yangtze Delta Blues versus Mitsubishi RFC match in a prestigious stadium next to the Tokyo Stadium, which was hosting the England versus Argentina match later that same day. The Yangtze Delta Blues started incredibly well and used their tremendous power to break through the Mitsubishi defence. It was Mr. Thurgood who showed some individual flair as he went through to score his first of two tries. The final score was 56-14.
