Chiefs win Brisbane 10’s in the memory of Sione Lauaki

I am learning to reflect on the Waikato Chiefs winning the Brisbane 10's.

The Chiefs has worked hard and bet several teams in order for them to beat the Crusaders in the final of the Brisbane 10's. The Chiefs over powered the Crusaders across the park and won by a try and a conversion, meaning they won 12-5. The result fitted in perfectly as the Chiefs had played the tournament in memory of former All Black and Cheif player Sione Lauaki had passed away during the weekend.  

The Chiefs ran in two tries, including a brilliant solo try from Shaun Stevenson who scored in the semi-finals against the Bulls, qualifying them for the finals against the Chiefs.

The teams are now getting ready for for the opening round of the Super Rugby competition which starts soon on the 23rd of February.

So what do I think about this article?

Well for me I didn't expect the Chiefs to win, I thought it would be the Wellington Hurricanes but I thought wrong. I think this because they won the Super Rugby competition last year,  but I think that the Chiefs deserved this win because I loved the way they played in memory of Sione Lauaki who had passed away during the weekends.  I think that they showed a lot of respect to someone who has passed onto the afterlife.

I am looking forward to the Super Rugby competition this year because I want to see if the Hurricanes step up their game and win this year's competition. 

 Something I enjoyed during this task was reading that the Chiefs played in memory of a player who had passed, and something I found challenging during this time was that I didn't hear the Hurricanes win.

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Former All Black Sione Lauaki Has Passed Away

I am learning to reflect on an article about former AB player Sione Lauaki's death. 

Sione Lauaki played 17 tests for the All Blacks and he was an enormously destructive forward, but he has passed away from suffering kidney failure. He attended Kelston Boys High and from there on he played for the New Zealand Colts, creating his Auckland debut in 2002. His commitment and fitness was doubted early, he then made his debut for the Chiefs in 2004, and made hit test debut against Fiji at Albany in 2005. 

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He was also apart of the All Blacks squad that contested the 2007 World Cup, he played against Italy, Portugal, Scotland and Romania in pool games but he was then suspended for two games after high tackling a player in the Romanian team. He played in France, but struck major health problems and was reported to be living in Rarotonga. 

Meanwhile, the Chiefs are dedicating the rest of their Brisbane Global Rugby Tens campaign to the memory of Lauaki. Laukai was a 70-cap stalwart for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. Liam Messam who is the Chiefs captain has been given permission to fly home immediately after their quarter final games against the Queensland Reds on Sunday. "There's a number of guys who played a lot of footy with Wax," Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said.

"Liam Messam, in particular, is a great mate of his so it's been a pretty upsetting morning.

What do I think of this article?

Well to be honest I never really knew that Sione played for the Chiefs, and I've been watching the Chiefs play for a while now. But I think that after reading this article it seems that I have learnt a lot about him. Something I enjoyed about this article is that many other footy stars are paying tribute to his death by posting up statuses on Twitter and dedicating their love for Sione. Something that I found challenging was just picking out some key facts to create my reflection to share for the world. 

Israel Folau 

✔@IzzyFolau

Sad to hear the passing of @SioneLauaki. Love and prayers to the family.

Sonny Bill Williams 

✔@SonnyBWilliams

Damn. It's a sad day today, rest easy dox @SioneLauaki 

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