On Friday afternoon at 5pm I took Adam to his first training session with the wanderers. After initial reluctance to take part, he quickly got over his nerves and was running, tackling and passing his way through the session.

He is in the Under 6's Red team, with about 10 other kids. They play 8 to a side on a small pitch with modified goals and far fewer rules. They have no scrums and things like forward passes and knock-ons just get waved play on. They also allow the coach on the pitch to help them all through it and also to make sure that everyone gets a shot.