Year 5 Mixed tag rugby

On Friday 26^th June 10 year 5 children represented Chilcote at a tag rugby tournament. The tournament took place at Kings Norton Rugby Club.

The tournament was themed around the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Each school was given a country to represent – Chilcote were Samoa. The children did some research about Samoa, learnt a Hakka and the words to the hymn Jerusalem.

Chilcote started with a match against South Africa. They played really well and blew their opponents away with a few early tries. The game ended 7v3 to Chilcote.

Next, Chilcote played against Japan. In the first half they were excellent and went into a 5v2 lead. However, in the second half the children made a few sloppy mistakes and Japan not only managed to level the game but scored a last second try to win the game 6v5.

Then, Chilcote played against Scotland. They started really well again and carried this on throughout the match. The final score was 6v3 to Chilcote.

Finally, the children played against the USA. They were the best team they had played so far. Again Chilcote made a few sloppy mistakes which meant unforced errors. The game ended 8v5 to the USA.

These results meant that Chilcote finished in third place in their group. This meant they didn’t qualify for the quarter finals but went into a group against the other third place teams.

In the final 3 games the children won one, drew one and lost one.

With all of the results in for all of the games on the day Chilcote finished an impressive 10^th out of twenty schools. Well done to all of the children involved who represented the school brilliantly!

Below is a picture of the children with a Maori warrior who taught them a Hakka: