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在重慶，一群來自五湖四海的外國人，因為熱愛橄欖球運動聚在了一起；在一個重慶人的帶領(lǐng)下，他們組建了重慶第一支專業(yè)橄欖球隊，填補了重慶橄欖球運動的空白，讓越來越多的重慶人領(lǐng)略到正統(tǒng)的橄欖球精神。由于長期隨隊比賽訪問，這群對重慶、對中國都不甚了解的老外，又因為橄欖球獲得了許多“觸角”，對重慶也產(chǎn)生了獨特的感情。

In Chongqing, a group of foreigners from all over the world get together because of rugby; under the leadership of native Chongqing guy, they have formed Chongqing's first professional rugby team.And they made more and more Chongqing people understand the spirit of rugby. As a result of frequent tournaments around the country, those team members who once knew little about Chongqing or China, now have a unique feeling for Chongqing.

本土球隊八成“洋面孔”80% of the Local Team are Foreigners

每周六下午，石子山體育公園一角，游騎兵體育體能訓(xùn)練中心，一群膚色各異的年輕人從主城各個地方趕來，訓(xùn)練的項目是橄欖球。這不是一個普通的愛好者團體，而是重慶第一支英式橄欖球隊伍，成立至今已有10個年頭，代表重慶多次獲得全國英式橄欖球業(yè)余聯(lián)賽西南地區(qū)第一名，多次參加各種形式的國際邀請賽，最好成績?nèi)珖\標(biāo)賽第四名。2017年，市體育局與他們聯(lián)手，將這支隊伍任命為重慶的“市隊”。

有趣的是，這支成立于重慶的球隊，有超過八成的隊員是外國人，國籍也各有不同——除了美國人、英國人、德國人，還有成員來自薩摩亞這樣很多人都比較陌生的國家，甚至有混血兒，其“國際化程度”令人眼前一亮。

功勞還得算在球隊創(chuàng)始人之一的夏嘉良身上。夏嘉良是土生土長的重慶人，2003年考入沈陽體育學(xué)院，入選橄欖球隊，2007年畢業(yè)后回到重慶，結(jié)識了同樣酷愛橄欖球運動的美國外教，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)重慶高校里很多留學(xué)生愛玩橄欖球，有著較為專業(yè)的基礎(chǔ)，而一些中國學(xué)生想學(xué)橄欖球，卻苦于沒有專業(yè)的球隊和教練。兩人一拍即合，2008年成立了征服者英式橄欖球隊（游騎兵Rangers橄欖球俱樂部前身，編者注）。

Every Saturday afternoon, in the Rangers'Physical Fitness Training Center of Shizishan Sports Park, a group of young men of different colors would come from all over the main city to train rugby.This is not an ordinary hobbyist group, but the first rugby team in Chongqing. It has been 10 years since its establishment. This team represents Chongqing and have won the first place in the National Rugby Amateur League of the southwest for many times. It has also taken part in various forms of international invitational tournaments and its best result is the fourth finisher in the National Championship. In 2017, Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau have appointed the team as the “city's team”.

Interestingly, over 80% of its team members are foreigners of different nationalities -- not only Americans, Britains, Germans, but also from countries like Samoa, which is somehow strange to many Chongqing people, even mixed-blood one in it, making the team of a high “degree of internationalization”.

This could definitely be attributed to one of its founders, Xia Jialiang, a native Chongqing guy,who was admitted to Shenyang Sports Institute in 2003 and was selected into the school's rugby team. After his graduation in 2007, Xia returned to Chongqing and met an American teacher who also loves rugby. They found that many foreign college students in Chongqing love to play rugby who also have a relatively professional foundation. While,some Chinese students also want to learn rugby, but there was a lack of professional teams and coaches.Xia and the American hit it off instantly and set up the Conqueror Rugby Team in 2008 (which was the Rangers Rugby Club’s predecessor).

橄欖球可以很紳士Rugby Can be Very Gentle

印象中，橄欖球運動充斥著激烈身體撞擊，裝備和規(guī)則都很復(fù)雜。“游騎兵”之一的陶飛亞一臉認真地表示反駁。

“首先，英式橄欖球不需要穿戴美式橄欖球的厚重護肩和頭盔。”27歲的陶飛亞來自南半球的薩摩亞，一個“盛產(chǎn)世界上最強壯男人的國家”，那里有著深厚的英式橄欖球文化。體型健碩的他向我們示范了如何優(yōu)雅地掌握英式橄欖球的核心技能“tackle”（擒住并摔倒一方球員，編者注）。當(dāng)進攻方球員被防守方球員撞擊倒地后，防守球員不能簡單粗暴地跨過倒地球員的身體搶球，而必須按照規(guī)定的路線繞至其身前，“也就是說，僅憑身強力壯撞到對方是不夠的，還需要身體靈活性。而且，英式橄欖球?qū)ε恳埠苡押?，比賽中可以采取‘非放倒式’的觸摸式技術(shù)?！闭f到這里，陶飛亞熱情地邀請我一試身手，操作起來的確比預(yù)想中簡單“溫柔”。

平日里，陶飛亞還會和隊友們一起教小朋友練習(xí)英式橄欖球的基本動作，在他看來英式橄欖球的內(nèi)涵遠不止健身那么簡單，讓孩子們接受正統(tǒng)的訓(xùn)練有著特殊的意義?！拔覀儚男W(xué)橄欖球時，教練總是強調(diào)要專注，尤其是裁判講話時，要十分專心地聽，必須保持絕對的安靜和服從，這讓我們懂得了專注，也學(xué)會了尊重和遵守規(guī)則?！?/p>

來自天南地北的外籍球員們隔三差五總愛聚在一起，稱兄道弟，不難看出，這看似緊張激烈的運動也可以是友情的“粘合劑”。

Rugby was thought to be full of violent physical contacts, and its equipments and rules were complex. Taofia, one of the Rangers, strongly disagreed with the idea.

“First of all, one doesn't have to wear the heavy shoulder pads and helmets like in American football.” said 27-years-old boy Taofia, who is from Samoa in the Southern Hemisphere which is known as “a country where the strongest man in the world was born” , and also has a profound rugby culture. He showed us how to gracefully master the core skill of rugby -- tackle (note: to catch and knock down a player). When an attacking player is knocked to the ground by a defensive player, the defender cannot simply and rudely cross the body of the fallen player to grab the ball, but must follow the prescribed route to the front of the player. “In other words, it is not enough to tackle each other just by force, but also requires physical flexibility.Also, rugby is friendly to women and can be played with a ‘touch’ technique that is gentler.” Taofia warmly invited me to give it a try, and it was really easier than expected.

Often, Taofia would teach children some basic moves of rugby together with his teammates. In his view, the connotation of rugby has far more meaning than mere fitness, and it has special significance for children to receive professional training. “When we started learning rugby from an early age, the coach always stressed the need to focus, especially when the referee was speaking, and we must listen very attentively, to keep absolutely quiet and obedient,which taught us to concentrate, and to respect and obey the rules. ”

Those players from different parts of the world love to hang out together and be buddies with one another. It is easy to see that this seemingly intense sport can also be the “glue” of friendship.

走遍中國代言重慶Travel All over China to Promote Chongqing

和陶飛亞一樣擔(dān)任“游騎兵”隊主力的馬小君，可以說是這條友誼紐帶中的亮點。他有一半中國血統(tǒng)、一半肯尼亞血統(tǒng)，高中畢業(yè)前，他一直在肯尼亞練習(xí)英式橄欖球，眼下他就讀于西南大學(xué)室內(nèi)設(shè)計專業(yè)研究生一年級。2017年，他和陶飛亞一起被選入中國國家橄欖球隊。有他們的實力加持，這支重慶橄欖球隊名聲日益響亮。5月9日，他們倆和夏嘉良以及另外兩名隊員飛往文萊，代表中國參加亞洲15人錦標(biāo)賽。

橄欖球的形狀決定了它在滾動時充滿了方向的不確定性，而這項運動也帶著這群國籍各異的年輕人以重慶為原點，展開了對他鄉(xiāng)的無限探索。

三年多前，陶飛亞遠渡重洋來到重慶，一切不僅是陌生的，對他來說也是無趣的。幸而不久結(jié)識了夏嘉良，加入了球隊，夏嘉良帶著他們參加各種國內(nèi)比賽，“我去過廈門、上海、北京、昆明、北海、成都、廣州、南京、武漢……”這節(jié)奏，比起重慶人的出游頻率也毫不遜色。不過，在中國走南闖北一遭，他和隊友們還是更愛重慶，理由則不外乎“超愛吃火鍋”。

他們還曾帶著“橄欖球”去過巫溪、墊江等區(qū)縣，給當(dāng)?shù)氐暮⒆悠占伴蠙烨蜻\動，“感覺很幸運，我們既做著自己熱愛的運動，又能有機會更多地了解重慶和其他城市?！?/p>

Ma Xiaojun, the main player of the Rangers like Taofia, seems like the highlight of this bond of friendship. Half-Chinese and half-Kenyan, he practiced rugby in Kenya before graduating from high school and was now a first-year graduate student in interior design major at Southwest University. In 2017, he and Taofia were chosen to join the China's national rugby team. Thanks to their participation, the Chongqing rugby team has been gaining fame. On May 9th, Ma Xiaojun, Taofia together with Xia Jialiang and two other players,flew to Brunei, representing China in the Asian 15-players Championship.

The shape of rugby makes its direction full of uncertainty as it rolls, and this sport, with those young people of different nationalities, takes Chongqing as its start and goes off for other places.

Three years ago or so, Taofia came all the way to Chongqing. Everything was not only strange, but also boring to him. Fortunately, he soon got to know Xia Jialiang and joined the team, since when Xia has brought them to take part in various domestic competitions. “I have been to Xiamen, Shanghai,Beijing, Kunming, Beihai, Chengdu, Guangzhou,Nanjing, and Wuhan ... ” The cities he has been to are nearly as many as those of the local people in Chongqing do. However, in China, he and his teammates still love Chongqing more, and the reason is nothing more than “l(fā)ove hotpots”.

They have also taken “rugby” to Wuxi,Dianjiang and other districts and counties to popularize rugby for local children. “We feel lucky that we are doing sports that we love and also have the opportunity to learn more about Chongqing and other cities in China. ”