of you down."

"I am pleased with your attitude and I know that you will do us proud. And whenever you need help with anything, do not hesitate to speak to us."

"I won't. Thanks."

"Good. Now you and I will keep working for a bit together on Thursday. We will keep running through a few fundamentals to ensure that you get your head around all the valuable skills along with performing the set plays and dealing with game sense pressure. If you train well enough like you did tonight, we will be giving you a run come Saturday. Just keep in mind that we will most likely be starting you on the bench as either our other centres Vivian Prestona or Faulk Dye have had more training and game time and are both looking good; but you will definately be getting a run after all that we have seen you do, and there is plenty of time left in the season for us to get you more time on the pitch. So just keep it up and you will get there."

"Yes, coach. Thank you, coach." Buster replied.

"Alright, then, see you Thursday."

And both canines headed off in their separate directions to leave the training field.

Buster went over to the car park to liaise with his idol, Tramp, and his former Junkyard 'colleagues' and told them about his acceptance into the team and his desire to give rugby a shot. Everyone was very happy for him.

"Well done, Buster." Tramp said. "I knew that you were going to make it. With your speed and incredible offensive technique, you will gain many metres and break a lot of tackles. You're not so bad when you yourself tackle either. Anyway, I always believed in you and I now believe that you will do us proud through the rest of the season."

"That goes for me, too." Scamp replied.

"And me." Scratchy also agreed.

"Yep, same here, 'kay?" Mooch then responded.

"Hear, hear! All the way." Sparky finished.

All five had complete faith in their former Junkyard 'colleague' despite their differences. Buster did not know how to respond to this but was again so grateful that they forgave him and gave him a chance to rise above himself even after all the negatives between them.

"Thanks again, all of you." Buster appreciatively replied.

"Your welcome." Tramp said. "Now rest up and we'll see you on Thursday."

"Will do. See you all then."

The five canines then headed for the carpark and got ready to leave the oval while Buster headed his separate way on foot back to the streets of New Haven where he roamed.

To be continued...

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