BRFC 2013 Interview: Yin

BRFC Forward: Yin Mei Jacquline June Lenden-Hitchcock

Blackswrugby: When did you first pick up rugby?

Yin:  I picked it up about six years ago in 2007 while I was in NIE and very bored with myself. 

Blackswrugby: How long have you been playing the sport?  

Yin: Unfortunately, I've only actually played for essentially three years since I came in at the start of season when I first joined and couldn't play, and I took a three-year hiatus to do theatre. I've only just started playing again!

Blackswrugby: How did you get introduced to rugby? 

Yin: Pris! She was my NIE English classmate and I was wondering how come this girl was perennially covered in scratches and bruises. 

Blackswrugby: What position do you play and what is your dream position? 

Yin: I play loose head but I am dying to be a jumper. I am working my way towards that. Umm, Bala, Tao, take note please. Maybe you guys could do a little more gym work. Hur.

Blackswrugby: When was your most memorable rugby moment? 

Yin: The day I discovered (finally) how I clear a ruck when I ran and packed in and the whole pile just flew forward! It was a moment of elucidation and power. 

Blackswrugby: We know you're a teacher, do your students/colleagues know you play rugby? What is their take on it? 

Yin: Hur. Actually no one cares. I think because I'm generally chor loh and weird and involved in 10, 000 other things that everyone expects me to be involved in something random. I do, however, share my rugby experiences in my drama class and the lessons learnt there that are applicable to my drama girls. 

Blackswrugyby: Name one thing you love and one thing you hate about rugby? 

Yin: I think what I love most is the fact that it constantly pushes me to the limits of my body, and then the wonderful discovery that I can go further. That feeling of challenge and obstacle, and then the joy of success at overcoming it. 

I hate grass. It gives me awful, awful rash. 

Blackswrugby: Describe your pre-game rituals.

Yin: Hydrate like mad. Freak out. And then hydrate someone. 

Blackswrugby: If you never picked up rugby, what would you be doing? 

Yin: Tap dancing. Or airal cloth dancing. Or gymnastics. Basically anything that would require me to use my body in a physicalised manner. Or I might go back to performing. 

Blackswrugby: Describe yourself in one word.

Yin: Cat.