First full session back

Six days on from when he was given the go-ahead to return to sport and 14 weeks after the break, it was lovely weather for full-on rugby training.

Mixed emotions: extremely excited to be back, but tempered with the realisation that there's a way to go yet before fitness, skill and confidence is where it was.

Hopefully, at 11 years old, it won't take long.

As for me, I'm on the other side of the equation. Yesterday gave me a tough lesson about advancing years and the effort needed to maintain some level of satisfactory ability.