Sevens star DJ Forbes hangs up his boots

IALA: Dj Forbes announcing his retirement from Rugby.

DJ Forbes, the most capped player in the world sevens history, has announced his retirement from the game. He started playing for the All Black Sevens 11 years ago in 2006, and since then he has appeared in 89 tournaments, and played in a record 512 World Series games, scoring 13 tries. 

He was on the winning side in 26 tournaments, and notched up six World Series victories. He also captained New Zealand to gold at a Commonwealth Games and the Sevens World Cup.

Forbes was named the International Sevens Player of the Year in 2008 and has been the recipient of the Richard Crawshaw Memorial Trophy for Sevens Player of the Year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards in 2007, 2008 and 2014 , the most wins by any player. Forbes said after 11 years in the game it was time to move onto other challenges.

"Sevens means you're on the road a lot. While I got to travel and represent my country, sacrifices were made at home. I want to thank my wife and kids and family and friends for their enormous support, and I am looking forward to being around a lot more" says Forbes. Indeed travelling a lot, does mean seeing little of your family, and always looking out for the things you can do to make them proud. 

For me , as a huge rugby fan I think this is good for me because I can watch his highlights, and pick up things that I can apply when I play in games. 512 is a massive number, and for a player to play in all those games, is a huge accomplishment. I don't know much about Dj Forbes but I have seen him represent New Zealand with pride and joy, although when losing he is humble and congratulates the other side. I also like his dream... To one day be able to coach a national team. 

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Reading Task W5T3

WALT: Come up with our own way to show or learning with or peers.

So this week for learning, my whole class read the same thing but with different learning intentions. This task required me to critically think about what I was reading, and what the purpose of this text was. The title of the article is "How to turn your hobby into your job" This basically talked about changing your hobby into your job and how easy it can be, if you put your mind into it dare to achieve. 

Some information that I thought was valuable to me, was when a sentence said that if you choose your job to be your hobby, it can be easy. The reason for this is because you are good at it, and you don't have to worry a lot about learning more. Also because you have personal connections, and experiences. 

Something challenging I found during this task, was picking up some key ideas from the article because it was long and it included a lot of things, but in the end I managed to complete the task to a high standard and include all the things required to make my work appropriate. 

I enjoyed reading about this because, I love to do my hobbies when I have time and I can include the things I've learnt into my daily life. Do you have a hobby? Leave a comment in the comment section below :) 

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SOLO Current Events

WALT: Apply the SOLO thinking framework to critically examine a current event. 

For Reading today I have decided to complete an independent task because I have finished my work from yesterday. I haven't done a current event in a long time, I think the last time I did one was when I was Year 6 and in Ms Kyla's class of 2015. It felt good to finally complete one of these again because it made me remember the things I did while back in middle school and the things I learnt from both teachers and classmates. 

The article I chose to do today was based on Iosia Soliola dangerous tackles on Billy Slater when both teams went face to face during their match on the 22nd of July at GIO Stadium, Canberra. Slater was knocked out cold, and when examined couldn't remember that he played in the Origin series and that he had sustained an ankle injury earlier in the week.  

But it took 4 days for Soliola to really get attention when he was finally banned for five weeks, coming in on time when they face the Storm again. But it's unclear why he went to tackle Billy after the ball had been passed. Something I found challenging was trying to remember the things that I needed to achieve completeing this task.

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