薩摩亞小伙的重慶橄欖球時光

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01 5 月11 日，陶菲亞率領游騎兵征戰廈門

2019 年5 月11 日，廈門鼓浪嶼。

一年一度的“鼓浪嶼杯”橄欖球俱樂部友誼賽激戰正酣。

陶菲亞貓著腰，伸出雙手，沖前方持球遇阻的隊友大喊：“Ball、Ball……”

隊友心領神會，往身后傳球。陶菲亞接球，在隊友掩護下變向突進，騰轉挪移，躲開一名防守隊員，再撞開另外一名防守隊員，在全場球迷吶喊聲中狂奔達陣，接著在草坪上俯沖滑行慶祝。

這是來重慶5 年的陶菲亞，繼去年5 月受中國國家橄欖球隊征召出征亞洲錦標賽之后，再度代表重慶游騎兵隊，斬獲俱樂部賽事最高榮譽。

Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, March 11, 2019

The annual "Gulangyu Island Cup" Rugby Tournament & Beach Party 2019 was underway.

Tao Feiya arched his back, stretched his hands, and shouted at his teammate who was holding the rugby, "Ball! Ball...."

His teammate read his mind, and past the ball to Tao Feiya behind him. Grabbing the ball, Tao crossed it over under the screen of his teammates. He dodged a defense opponent, and smashed down another defense opponent. Then he run for a touchdown in cheering and shouting of all audience and celebrated by sliding on the lawn.

02 重慶游騎兵橄欖球隊

This is the second time that Tao Feiya, who has been in Chongqing for 5 years, led Chongqing Rangers to win the highest prize in club competition. In May last year, he was called up by China National Rugby Team to attend Asian Rugby Competition.

留學重慶學通訊

Majoring in Communications in Chongqing

陶菲亞出生在南太平洋島國薩摩亞，從小就表現出了很高的運動天賦，跑步、沙灘排球、沙灘足球……海邊的沙灘是他小時候最大的游樂場。7 歲時，他第一次接觸到橄欖球。

“橄欖球是薩摩亞最盛行、也是‘唯一’的運動項目?！痹谒_摩亞人看來，除了橄欖球，其他運動似乎都只是游戲。去澳大利亞和新西蘭打橄欖球職業聯賽，也成為很多當地人的出路。

陶菲亞從小也希望自己能走出國門。但他身體太單薄了，盡管他16 歲時的百米速度已經達到了10 秒，依然沒有球探看上他，“跑得再快也沒有用，他們需要速度和身體都很棒的球員?！?/p>

轉機出現在2012 年。薩摩亞政府選送一批公派留學生到中國，陶菲亞通過了考試，來到上海。

一年多的漢語學習期滿后，陶菲亞選擇了重慶郵電大學的通訊專業，“我們國家很重視通訊，家里人都覺得學這個有前途。