Sei Vazhinji Vakadzi veAmerica Vari Kutamba Rugby

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Emma Powell akabatwa kumeso uye akafara apo chechi yake yakamukumbira nguva pfupi yapfuura kuti ave ogani yemasevhisi avo eSvondo-kusvikira arangarira kuti haaigona kuzviita. "Ini ndaifanira kuti kwete nekuti ndakagurwa chigunwe panguva ino," anoyeuka. "Gurukota parakandibvunza kuti zvaitika sei ndikamuudza" tichitamba rugby, "akati," Kwete, chaizvo, wakazvityora sei? '"

Kuenda kuchechi, kudzidza kudzimba, amai-vevatanhatu kubva kuKyle, Texas, vanowana maitiro akadaro zvakanyanya paanogovana kuti hupenyu hwake hunodakadza rugby, mutambo wekubata-uzere unonyanya kuzivikanwa nekuve hama yemhirizhonga yeAmerican nhabvu.

Chaizvoizvo, icho hachisi chokwadi. “Vanhu vanofunga kuti rugby ine njodzi nekuti unotamba usina mapedhi, asi mutambo wakachengetedzeka,” anodaro Powell. "Pinky finger yakaputsika ndiyo yakaipisisa yakamboitika kwandiri, uye ndanga ndichitamba mutambo uyu kwenguva refu." Anotsanangura kuti kubata rugby chinhu chakasiyana zvachose pane kubata munhabvu yekuAmerica. Nekuti vatambi havapfeke zvinodzivirira pane kusimbiswa kukuru pakudzidza kubata zvakanaka (sezvazviri, kwete nemusoro wako), nzira dzekudzidzisa dzinogona kushandiswa pachinzvimbo chekubata, uye nekutevera yakasimba kodhi yekuchengetedza yezvinobvumidzwa pamunda uye chii chisiri. (Kutaura chokwadi, kuchengetedzeka kwerugby inyaya inopokana zvikuru neongororo huru yekuNew Zealand ichiona kuti rugby ine nhamba yakapetwa kana "yekukuvara kwakaipisisa" sebhora reAmerica.)

Rugby ndiwo mutambo wechikwata unokura nekukurumidza muUS nemakirabhu izvozvi anowanikwa munzvimbo dzese dzemaguta munyika pamwe nemazana emadhorobha madiki. Kuzivikanwa kwaro kwakasimbiswa apo rugby nomwe yakawedzerwa semitambo yeOlympic yepamutemo munguva yemitambo yezhizha ya2016 muRio. Kukwidza kunova pachena nekukasira paunongoona mutambo-rugby uine zano renhabvu, kunakidzwa kunokurumidza kweHockey, uye nhabvu yemitambo yenhabvu-uye iri kukwezva vamwe vatambi vakanakisa kubva kumitambo iyoyo.

Powell pachake akatanga semutambi wenhabvu wepachikoro chepamusoro. Anoti, “Ndaipenga nazvo. "Ini ndanga ndichigara ndichirangwa nekutarisa muviri, nekutamba zvakaomarara." Saka mudzidzisi wake wesainzi paakataura kuti atambe pachikwata chemukomana che rugby chaakarairidza, akafarira zano iri.

Zvakabatsira kuti mukoma wake mukuru Jessica akange atambirawo timu yemukomana rugby makore mashoma apfuura uye aive azviitira mukurumbira mumutambo uyu. (Jessica aizoenderera mberi nekutsvaga timu yerugby yevakadzi paBrigham Young University muna 1996.) Kunyange zvazvo Powell akanga ari mudiki uye asina hasha kupfuura sisi vake, akasarudza kutevera mumakwara ake ndokuona kuti aidawo rough-and-tumble. mutambo. Gore rakatevera akawana nzvimbo pachikwata chemusikana wekutanga wechikoro chepamusoro cherugby muU.S.

Zvinhu zvakamuomera zvakanyanya apedza chikoro chesekondari, zvakadaro, sezvo ainetseka kuwana ligi revakuru kuti atambe. "Zvakaoma kuwana nzvimbo yekudzidzira inozotendera rugby." Zvikwata zvevakadzi zve rugby zvaive zvichishomeka, zvaida kufamba kwakawanda kuzotamba mitambo, uye aifanira kuzvipa kweanoda kusvika makumi maviri emakore. Gore rakapera, achangopedza makore makumi mana ekuberekwa kwake, akatora vana vake kunoona Texas State rugby mutambo uye aka "batwa" kunotamba kuThe Sirens, timu yevakadzi yemuno. "Zvakanzwa senge remangwana," anodaro, "uye zvaive zvakanaka chaizvo kutamba zvakare."

Chii chaanoda nezvazvo? Powell anogara ari pasi kune chero mukana wekuti "awane muviri," achiti izvo zvidiki zvinokwenya uye mavanga anoita kuti anzwe "akaomarara uye mupenyu." Anorumbidza rugby nekumubatsira kuti awane chimiro mushure mekurasikirwa nemakumi mana emapaunzi gore rapfuura nekuvandudza kugwinya kwake uye hutano hwakakwana. Uyezve iye anofarira zano, nhoroondo, uye mutambo unobatanidzwa. (Rugby yanga iriko kubvira 1823.) Asi kazhinji anoti anoda mweya wehukama mumutambo uyu.

“Pane tsika yekutamba rough, asi unosiya kutekenyedzwa kwese munhandare,” anodaro. "Zvikwata zviviri izvi zvinobuda pamwechete mushure mezvo, timu yekumba ichiwanzo gadzira barbeque kana pikiniki kune vese vatambi nemhuri. Wese munhu anokorokotedza vamwe uyezve anoitisa mitambo yese yakanaka pamativi ese. Ndeupi mumwe mutambo waunoona uchiitika? nzanga yeshamwari dzapakarepo. "

Anoona zvakare mutambo uyu uchipa simba kuvakadzi zvakasiyana. “Mubhobho wevanhukadzi idimikira rakanaka kuvakadzi vemazuva ano; ndiwe uri kutonga muviri wako nesimba rako,” anodaro. "Nekuti hapana kufunga kwechikwata chemukomana pane kushungurudzwa pabonde kushoma pane mimwe mitambo yechirume."

Izvi zvinobatsira kutsanangura kuti sei nhamba yevakadzi vari kutamba rugby yakawedzera nezvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana mumakore mana apfuura, zvichienzaniswa nenhabvu, iyo yakaona kuderera kwekutora chikamu kuzere mumakore gumi apfuura.

Asi kana iwe ukabvunza Powell, kukwidza kunowedzera rudo. “Mutambo uyu haumbomira zvekukandirana,” anodaro. "Inongoyerera, sekutamba kwakashata, kwakanaka."

Unofarira kuzviongorora wega? Tarisa USA Rugby kuti uwane nzvimbo, mitemo, makirabhu uye nezvimwe.

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