No ke aha e pāʻani Rugby nei nā wāhine ʻAmelika

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Ua ʻoliʻoli a hauʻoli ʻo Emma Powell i ka noi ʻana o kāna halepule iā ia e lilo i mea hoʻokani pila no kā lākou mau pule Sābati-a hiki i kona hoʻomanaʻo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana. "Pono wau e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole no ka mea ua haki koʻu manamana lima i kēia manawa," wahi āna. "I ka nīnau ʻana mai o ke kuhina iaʻu pehea i hana ʻia ai a haʻi aku wau iā ia 'pāʻani pôpeku,' ʻōlelo ʻo ia, 'ʻAʻole. maoli, pehea ʻoe e uhaʻi ai? '"

ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka hale pule, kula home, makuahine o ʻeono mai Kyle, Texas, loaʻa i kēlā ʻano pane i ka wā e hōʻike ai ʻo ia i kona makemake ʻo ka rugby, ʻo ka haʻuki pili piha i ʻike nui ʻia no ka lilo ʻana i ka hoahānau ʻoi aku ka huhū o ka pôpeku ʻAmelika.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole pololei kēlā. "Manaʻo ka poʻe he weliweli ka pīpeku no ka mea pāʻani ʻoe me ka ʻole pads, akā he haʻuki palekana ia," wahi a Powell. "ʻO ka manamana ʻāpana poni ka mea maikaʻi i loaʻa iaʻu, a ua pāʻani wau i kēia pāʻani no ka manawa lōʻihi." Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ʻo ka lawelawe ʻana i ka pīpeku kahi mea ʻokoʻa loa ma mua o ka hoʻokau ʻana i ka pōpeku ʻAmelika. Ma muli o ka ʻaʻa ʻole o nā mea pāʻani i nā pale pale aia kahi koʻikoʻi nui i ke aʻo ʻana e hana me ka palekana (ʻoiai, ʻaʻole me kou poʻo), ke aʻo ʻana i nā papahana e hiki ai ke hoʻohana ma kahi o ke kau ʻana, a me ka ukali ʻana i kahi pāʻālua palekana o nā mea i ʻae ʻia ma ke kahua a he aha ka ʻole. (I kūpono, ʻo ke palekana o ka pāʻani kinipōpō kahi kumuhana i hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia me kahi noiʻi nui o Nūhōlani e ʻike ana he ʻehā mau manawa ka pālākiō i ka helu o nā "ʻeha pōʻino" ma ke ʻano he peku ʻAmelika.)

ʻO ka pāʻani ke kinipōpō ʻoi ka wikiwiki o ka haʻuki kime i ka US me nā hui i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia wahi kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻāina a ma nā kaona liʻiliʻi he haneli. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kona kaulana i ka wā i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka rugby sevens ma ke ʻano he haʻuki 'Olumepika kūhelu i ka manawa no nā pāʻani kauwela 2016 ma Rio. Akaka ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kou nānā ʻana i kahi pāʻani-rugby i ka hoʻolālā o ka pôpeku, ka wikiwiki wikiwiki o ka hockey, a me ka haʻuki akamai o ka pōpeku - a ke hoʻowalewale nei ia i kekahi o nā mea pāʻani maikaʻi loa mai ia mau haʻuki.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Powell iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he pāʻani soccer ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe. "Ua weliweli wau iā ia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Hoʻopaʻi pinepine ʻia wau no ka nānā kino ʻana, no ka pāʻani ʻino loa." No laila i ka manawa a kāna kumu ʻepekema i ʻōlelo ai e pāʻani ma ke kime ʻōpio o ke keikikāne āna i aʻo ai, makemake nui ʻo ia i ka manaʻo.

Ua kōkua ia i ka pāʻani ʻana o kona kaikuaʻana ʻo Jessica no ka pâʻani pâʻani pôpeku o ke keikikāne i kekahi mau makahiki i hala a ua kaulana ʻo ia i ka haʻuki. (E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Jessica e hoʻokumu i ka hui pōpō peku wahine ma ke Kulanui ʻo Brigham Young i ka makahiki 1996.) ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o Powell a ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kona kaikunāne nui, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hahai ma kona mau wāwae a ʻike ʻo ia makemake pū kekahi i ka rough-and-tumble. haʻuki. I ka makahiki aʻe ua loaʻa iā ia kahi wahi ma ka hui pôpeku kula kiʻekiʻe o ke kaikamahine mua ma U.S.

Ua lilo ka mea i mea paʻakikī nona ma hope o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, eia naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ia e ʻaʻa e ʻimi i kahi kuʻikahi makua e pāʻani ai. Ua kakaʻikahi nā kime pāʻani kinipōpō wahine, e koi ana i ka huakaʻi nui e pāʻani i nā pāʻani, a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia no aneane ʻelua mau makahiki. I ka makahiki i hala, ma hope pono o kona lā hānau 40th, ua lawe ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki e nānā i ka pāʻani kinipōpō ʻo Texas State a "kiʻi ʻia" e pāʻani ma The Sirens, he kime wahine kūloko. "Ua like ia me ka hopena," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a he mea maikaʻi loa ke pāʻani hou ʻana."

He aha kāna e aloha ai no ia? Ke hāʻule mau nei ʻo Powell no kēlā me kēia manawa e "loaʻa ke kino," e ʻōlelo ana ʻo nā ʻōpala liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻūhā e hoʻoikaika ai ʻo ia iā ia "paʻakikī a ola." Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke kinipōpō me ke kōkua ʻana iā ia e loaʻa ke kinona ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o 40 paona o ka makahiki i hala e ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kona olakino a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. He mea hoʻohiwahiwa ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā, ka mōʻaukala, a me ka pāʻani pāʻani. (Ua puni ʻo Rugby mai ka makahiki 1823.) Akā ʻo ka hapa nui ʻōlelo ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia i ka ʻuhane o ka launa pū ʻana i ka haʻuki.

"Aia kahi moʻomeheu o ke pāʻani paʻakikī, akā haʻalele ʻoe i ka ikaika ma ke kahua," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Hele pū nā hui ʻelua ma hope, me ka hui home e hoʻokipa pinepine nei i kahi barbecue a i ʻole pikin no nā mea pāʻani a me nā ʻohana āpau. Hoʻomaikaʻi nā poʻe āpau i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a hoʻokau hou i nā pāʻani maikaʻi loa ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. He aha nā haʻuki ʻē aʻe āu e ʻike nei e hana nei? ʻO ia he kaiāulu o nā hoa aloha. "

ʻIke pū ʻo ia i ka haʻuki e hoʻoikaika kūʻokoʻa no nā wahine. "ʻO ke kinipōpō wahine he ʻōlelo hoʻohālikelike maikaʻi no ka wahine i kēia mau lā; ʻo ʻoe ke kuleana o kou kino a me kou mana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "No ka mea ʻaʻohe manaʻo o ka hui kalapu keikikāne ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻoweliweli wahine ma mua o nā haʻuki kāne maʻamau."

Kōkua ia i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka nui o nā wahine e pāʻani ana i ka pīpeku i ka 30 pākēneka i loko o nā makahiki ʻehā i hala aku nei, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka pīpeka, ka mea i ʻike i ka emi mau o ke komo ʻana i loko o nā makahiki he 10 i hala.

Akā inā ʻoe e nīnau iā Powell, aloha iki ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana. "ʻAʻole kū ka pāʻani i nā mea hana lima," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Kahe wale nō ia, e like me ka hulahula, nani o ka hulahula."

Makemake i ka nānā ʻana iā ʻoe iho? E nānā i ka USA Rugby no nā wahi, nā lula, nā hui a me nā mea hou aku.

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