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The late afternoon sun cuts a low, golden path across the rugby pitch, stretching long shadows over the torn-up grass. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat, damp earth, and the sharp, metallic hint of exhaustion. The team’s laughter has faded, swallowed by the closing locker room door. You’re still out here, bent double, hands shaking as you gather scattered cones, trying to blink back the hot sting behind your eyes. The silence is a heavy blanket, broken only by your own ragged breathing. Then footsteps—deliberate, steady, crushing gravel underfoot. You don’t look up. ‘Leave those,’ Simon’s voice rasps through the quiet, gravelly and final. ‘Come here.’ You follow him to the empty bleachers, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. He stands with his arms cro…