Is there any better feeling than putting in a huge hit? When the crowd give you a chorus of “Ooohs!” with a visible flinch, you know you’ve done your best. Unfortunately, these tackles are few and far between, but by following these simple tips you have a much better chance of making those crunching tackles […]
Have you ever wondered what the greatest rivalry in all of rugby is? Well it would have to be a rivalry steeped in history, steeped in decades even centuries of anger and passion. It would have to be a rivalry so intense that if the team you supported lost you’d seriously consider phoning in sick […]
Name: Daniel Thomas Age: 19 Weight: 98kg Height: 185cm Team: Scarlets Position: no 7 When and how did you get started with rugby?
The Changing Face of Rugby & Rugby Nutrition When you look at the modern game there is more and more emphasis based on the size of players in Rugby. Tom Fordyce looked up the stats and found that in the last 50 years the average weight of English international rugby players has gone up by […]
After a summer of holidays, overeating, beer and the occasional BBQ, attention begins to turn to the dreaded pre-season training. The initial thoughts of pre-season are usually ‘shit, need to get fit, lets go for a long plodding run’. But why is this seen as the norm? Lets take a step back for a minute […]
Rugby is a multifaceted sport that requires the individual to have a high level of fitness and on point rugby nutrition. Fitness can be described as the ability to meet the demands of ones environment and within the sport of rugby these demands are broad and range from the physical to the psychological. As the […]
A number of personal trainers, strength coaches and gym rats advocate the leg press over the squat for perfectly healthy athletes because of the risk-to-benefit ratio and increased performance. After analyzing this, is the leg press really safer than the squat? Which has more transference to athletics, the leg press or the squat? We will […]
Rugby Supplements This “Rugby Supplements” guide can be applied to any physical sport you participate in with slight tweaks if needed. So, supplements for rugby…. where do you start? You walk into a store and you’re confronted with 100s of different type of supplements that have similar claims to the following : Get shredded in […]
The importance of a national anthem. I’m sure everyone’s been in a situation in their life where they’ve had to stand for a national anthem of their respective country. If you’re French, Italian, Spanish or especially American I’m sure you passionately belt out the anthem of your nation at any given opportunity. As a Welshman […]
“Look what these bastards have done to Wales. They’ve taken our coal, our water, our steel. They buy our homes and live in them for a fortnight every year. What have they given us? Absolutely nothing. We’ve been exploited, raped, controlled and punished by the English — and that’s who you are playing this afternoon” […]