Snow rugby in Finland



view of Jyväskylä



Hej hej!

After one week I finally find the courage to write a new article about my rugby’s tournament in Finland.

So on Thursday evening (2 weeks ago) we were 9 guys of my team reunited in order to take the ferry boat to Finland to play a 7 player’s rugby’s tournament. After a wonderful and small night on the ferry we arrived at 6 o’clock Swedish time in the harbor of Turku, situated in the North on Helsinki. From there we had to take a bus to go to the city of Jyväskylä (middle of Finland). After 5 hours of sleeping we arrived at our hotel and had some great time at the sauna and at the swimming pool.



preparation before the match



Friday morning, after a good night and a great breakfast we took the bus to go to the tiny skiing station of the city where the two rugby’s fields were situated. Here the weather was perfect and the temperature was around minus 2 degrees.

Many people were there, maybe 200. Our first match was at 9.20 so we get prepared, trained and then we played our three matches during the morning… And we loosed everything. But I should say that we were all 18-19 years old and it was a Senior tournament so we only played against some 25-35 years old guys! Anyway, after a cold afternoon to wait to watch the final we’ve all been to the tournament party in a night club of the city and it was pretty cool.

After a short night we took the bus on Sunday morning to get back to the harbor and take the ferry again. We arrived at Stockholm Monday morning at 7 o’clock local time, one hour before starting school. Obviously Monday was a tough day and my bed was really welcome after school.

Thanks to this tournament I discovered Finland and it’s also really beautiful! (But I prefer Sweden!)

Those days with my team also created a real team spirit and cohesion in our group which will be, I think, really important for next season! Thank you very much to Hammaby rugby and to Johnny for this trip!

Otherwise we now have nice weather in Stockholm (5-10 degrees) and the following weeks (in two weeks and after) will be really full especially by my trips to Roma, to Copenhagen, the visit of my family and the visit of Marie!!!

To finish this article I just would like to wish a Happy birthday to my little sister Camille who turn  15 tomorrow!

See you soon!