I’m loving it in Scotland. Training at my favourite club Glasgow Rangers is just brilliant. Last year I came here with Cameron Lindsay and now I’m back hoping to secure a contract. I’m living with my dad (I was born in Glasgow) who lives in the same street as Parkhead (home ground of Celtic.) Every morning I have to get up at 6:30am to travel to the awesome training facility of Rangers. I catch a train into the city, then from there a train into Milgavie, where Murray Park is located. First thing when I arrive is to get my training kit and then go have breakfast. Training starts about 9.30am. Training is a lot like at Wynrs, heaps of ball work, passing drills, possession and small sided games. Lunch follows and then we head out for the second training session which also lasts around two hours. Its like a full time job from 8 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. Its a very busy schedule and you don’t have much time for yourself. Wednesdays’ and Saturdays’ are normally free days. I’ve played three games so far for Rangers. The first was with the under 17's against Queens Park under 19's. Then I played for the under 19's against Dumbarton Reserves. Last weekend I played for the under 18's against Stirling Albion under 19's. In all of the games I have been playing more of a defensive role than what I would play in NZ but of course I would even play keeper if it meant getting a contract. Another highlight was watching Rangers 1st team live in a pre season game against Liverpool. Ibrox was sold out so you can imagine the atmosphere even though Liverpool won 4-0. Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard were amazing. Still it was something that I’ll never forget.

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