The Final Blog

Well here I am sat in Hotel Cairns reception , with the bus outside waiting to take us to Cairns Airport and on the long journey back to England .
This has been a superb tour and I am very proud of the way the lads have behaved, developed and represented Whitgift. From a Rugby point of view , the results may not look that flash, but that they don't tell the whole story . We have played some of the top schools in Australia and we have used the whole squad and gave ourselves a chance of coming out on top in every game. The lads have developed well and really improved and importantly take home with them a knowledge of what we need to do to take our game to another level, clear our lines better , improve discipline and ball retention and tighten up our defence under pressure . I am confident with what I have seen of the lads attitude and teamwork in Australia that we can build on this when we get back and push on.
The diversity of the tour has been fantastic, Perth , the Outback , Sydney , Brisbane and Cairns are so different and it has been brilliant to experience this. We have seen the Swan bRiver, Uluru , Sydney Harbour , Blue Mountain , Surfers Paradise and the Great Barrier Reef . We all know how lucky we are to have seen this and we have also met some fantastic people .
I would like to thank the coaching staff on this tour. Noggy was superb as usual , Ross worked hard with fitness , Martino pushed on massiveley and really impressed and Webby had another great tour. A big part of this was to develop the coaches and this has been done. The 2nd XV , Under 14s will all benefit indirectly from the tour and this is really important to me.Thanks also to Noggy and Webby for doing this blog and I hope you have enjoyed it .
Finally thanks to all parents, sponsors, billets ,Mike Williams and Peter Churchill at Intourworld Sport and the Headmaster and staff for making it possible . It has been a fantastic three weeks and I look forward to catching up with you all when we get back .

Regards

Wilko