The first day of the trip was held at the double header where I and the others worked on the HITZ project to help bring troubled youngsters into the sport of rugby through games and activities. We then took them all down to watch the most exciting game of rugby I have seen for a long time - being a big Harlequins fan I was very very happy. Soon after media photos were taken of us leading onto the next day for the big move to Brazil - nervous and exciting times.

Late on the Sunday night we headed out with the Aviva Premiership Trophy currently held by the mighty Quins and I even managed to get a sneak quick picture with it. Hee hee-check out my photo above! We then headed to Heathrow for the long flight to Brazil.

On arrival we were met by the SESI and British Council members and shown the local fantastic facilities on the sites of the schools. We were also given presentations on how we will begin to promote rugby and develop the sport over here. Most of us are tired today so we all had a relatively easy day, with me writing this blog and adding a few pictures for you Harlequins fans to enjoy.

This week is going to be made up of many launches and moving out to our sites, so MORE news on that to come next week.

Hope you will follow the project. Please check out my photos on the Quins facebook page by clicking here!

Adrian Silvester