kicking cans

That sounds like a bizarre post (another one), but it’s true.

Back in primary school all footballs and rugby balls were banned. Even sponge ones.

But they could not contain our creativity, which seemed to thrive on the challenge. What did we do to overcome this barrier? We created our own balls. From tape, or even old socks. Basically anything that could be kicked or carried. Even flattened drink cans.

This seems crazy now. In an age where the emphasis (early years at least) is on the concept of play.

Play, play, play, play, play.

We already knew this.

But in that year, 1987, Wales came third. Glenn Webbe scored three tries in one of the matches? Or was it four? He played a literal stone’s throw from our school yard. And John Devereux (another local boy) scored the winning try against England in the quarter finals.

That touchdown…we imitated it all day…