Second day in Amsterdam. The challenge of the day was to survive without a manager, as Kirsten had to travel back home earlier.

We had two pool games, against the dukkies (netherland’s development team) and a german team.

The first game was the closest of the weekend – it finished on a frustrating draw, with a last minute converted try against us. We had to win the second game with a margin higher than 10 points to qualify for the semi finals. We secured that rather quickly with 4 tries in the first half, thanks to a very strong game, maybe our best of the weekend.

Moving on to the semi got the coaches worried, as we were entering injury time. We down-prioritized the semi, a bit frustratingly, but all our objectives for the weekend had been met, and we needed to look at European championship.

Best player award went to Karin, for the energy she played with during the tournament. She started rugby with NTNUi, when I was coaching the team. She is the only player in the team this year who has been in the national team with me before. Great to see how far she has come!