Diary of a Rugby Champ

by Shamini Flint

Overview

In illustrated diary format, the hilarious tale of a boy who is a rugby master—not!

Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sports. But his dad, a self-help author, is convinced otherwise. He believes that Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to—with hilarious results. Flint's gentle, satiric humor and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about rugby.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781743313596
Publisher:	Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Routledge Introductions to American Literature
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Shamini Flint has written many books for children, including Diary of a Soccer Star, but is best known for her Inspector Singh Investigates series of crime fiction for adults. She and Sally Heinrich collaborated previously on A T-Rex Ate My Homework.

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Diary of a Rugby Champ

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By Shamini Flint, Sally Heinrich

Allen & Unwin

Copyright © 2011 Shamini Flint
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-74343-159-7

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CHAPTER 1

MY RUGBY DIARY

Okay – I get it.

I really do.

I'm not a complete idiot.

Sport is dangerous.

VERY DANGEROUS!

VERY, VERY DANGEROUS!!!

Sport is as dangerous as ...

falling into the lion enclosure at the zoo ...

OR

not looking left, right and left again when crossing the road ...

OR stealing JT's lunch! (JT is the school bully. The thing he wants to do most in the world is rearrange my face.)

Anyway, sport is dangerous.

YOU could get injured.

In fact, I get injured OFTEN!!!

I remember when Dad made me play soccer ...

I was kicked.

I was tripped.

I was hit.

And that doesn't even include getting embarrassed (when I scored that goal with my you-know-what).

And what about that time Dad made me play cricket?

I wore body armour!

And I still got hurt. I was hit.

That was it – I got hit by the ball ...

BUT LET ME COUNT THE WAYS!!!

At least with cricket and soccer you're not supposed to get hit (or hurt).

If you get injured it's an ACCIDENT.

Like tripping over the carpet ...

Or slamming your fingers in the bathroom door ...

Or being struck by lightning ...

Well, getting injured in soccer or cricket is an accident unless it's the coach who's after you because you messed up ...

(Continues...)

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Table of Contents

Contents

MY RUGBY DIARY,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 1,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 2,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 3,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 4,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 5,
RUGBY LESSON NO. 1,000,000,000,
ABOUT THE AUTHOR,