I love this game. A little stronger focus on one of the players would have made this even better, but, you really captured these guys after a lot of hard work, mud, expressions, movement.
Meets the topic AND is visually interesting. I love the one player from the opposite team being positioned so centrally so that the focus goes from him directly off-screen to the action. Really nice!
Nice interpretation of the challenge. It looks as though the player in the foreground is just about to kick the ball (if this was soccer....it's rugby, right?). Colors and focus are great.
Good catch. They are definitely expecting something to come their way. Liek the color and lighting. Maybe could crop the right side a bit to remove the tangled legs?
Spot on challenge and a nice capture. More depth of field or tight focus on the player to the right of centre might have emphasised the action more (rather than the player who is in focus, who is nearly static). Nevertheless, one of the best - Good Luck!