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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Samantha Rea

Sunday with Mark Watson: ‘Watching my kids play rugby is labour intensive’

Mark Watson
‘We need to leave the house by 9.30am – I get up at 9.15’: Mark Watson. Photograph: Alamy

How does Sunday start? My kids play rugby and we need to leave the house by 9.30am. My body and brain resent having to do stuff on a Sunday that’s similar to the school run, so I’ll take every last minute in bed, and get up at 9.15am. I don’t drive, so we get lifts or taxis, which means packing spare clothes and plastic bags so they’re not too filthy getting into anyone else’s car.

What’s the rugby like? It’s a labour-intensive operation. My son’s 11, my daughter’s seven, so they play on different pitches that are often far apart. Trying to watch and encourage them both, and make sure neither of them goes missing, means shuttling endlessly between the two.

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