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My passion for rugby

So many people ask me why I have such a huge amount of passion for rugby and there are so many reasons for it. The first being that it was something that I grew up with. One of my earliest memories is watching an England match with my mum who was screaming at the telly as a penalty didn't go our way, something many of my friends and family witness me doing now I'm older and understand the game. However, my family only ever watched international matches and it wasn't until I was in year 11 that I embraced the club side of rugby. The superficial reason this passion began for club rugby was my love for the player Owen Farrell. To this day he is my favourite and I did fan girl a lot when I met him. Whilst watching an England game the stats came up on the screen and highlighted each players club. Saracens is who Farrell played for and continues to play for today. BT sport had just began to show premiership matches on the TV so I sat down to watch, supporting Sarries for Farrel

Thirteen Reasons Why: Season 2

It has been a long while since the last time I posted on here. I have been facing some writers block along with completing my degree, but I'm back now. Now I have free time, not chained to my laptop writing endless essays, I've binge watched a lot of TV. The most recent series that I have watched is Thirteen Reasons Why and I have some opinions on the latest season that I wanted to share. If you have not watched it yet please do not read this as this post will contain a lot of spoilers. I want to begin with the only big negative that I took away from this season. The season concludes with Tyler arriving at the school with an array of guns ready to shoot his fellow classmates. The process in which they showed Tyler's progression to get to this state of mind was well acted and written, making you feel empathy for Tyler and willing him not to go through with his hideous plan. However, the aspect that the creators did not shed a light on is how Tyler came into possession of