We had a house party on Saturday night, not too many people showed up. It wasn't the best situation considering I had to wake at 7am the next day.















I managed to to it in the end though it wasn't easy. We went on a footy trip to Gifu City, about 2 hours drive from Osaka. We took a couple of cars. The ground looked great. Very big and flat, though we found out later that the grass was a bit rough. The game kicked off at 2.10pm. The first quarter was quite even, we had a 2 goal lead, helped by a fairly strong wind. In the second we played very smoothly with good run and great tackling, we managed to push the lead further. However we were absolutely stuffed by that stage. We didn't have any spare players so we weren't able to rest, the ground was big and the game went for longer than usual. The Redbacks came out in the second half and although we keep trying hard they ended up winning 79 to 52. A fair effort and a good, hard game. I was bumped in the last ten minutes and twisted my knee, doing a patalar sublaxation-so painful, I had to leave the game. We went to an after game izakaya. That food and drink was much appreciated. I was falling asleep by 7.30, it had been a challenging day and I badly needed a bath and sleep. We got back at 11pm.