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Posted 278 days ago
RUGBY WORLD fitness editor and Harlequins’ head of strength and conditioning John Dams recommends this modified barbell circuit, featuring a number of different lifts, for adding variety to your training regime. It’s geared towards more experienced lifters and is perfect for when your motivation to train is waning during the dark winter months. Here’s how to do it…
Posted 295 days ago
JONNY WILKINSON took time out from his hectic schedule to hold a masterclass with two up-and-coming players in Toulon over the summer. Wales U20 lock Matthew Screech and England U16 hooker Jack Walker were the lucky youngsters given a tutorial.
Posted 321 days ago
LONDON IRISH joined the Army in pre-season and spent a week at the Sir John Moore Barracks in Winchester, where they tested their firing skills on the shooting range, completed the assault course and spent a night out on exercise. Here Exiles players Topsy Ojo and Jonathan Joseph talk through the experience…
Posted 325 days ago
ENGLAND FLANKER James Haskell is a competitive sort, so was no doubt keen to take up the challenge of facing Charlotte Kerwood, a member of Great Britain’s shooting team for this summer’s Olympics. The pair swapped clays for mini rugby balls in their shoot-off – but who came out on top?
Posted 332 days ago
CAN YOU imagine Jonny Wilkinson turning up at your Saturday morning training session? The Toulon and former England fly-half took time out of his busy schedule to surprise Southwark Tigers coach Vernon Neve-Dunn and congratulate him on the work he has done in bringing rugby to children in inner-city London. Wilkinson may have been key to England’s 2003 World Cup…
Posted 353 days ago
SCOTLAND’S FAMOUS 9-6 win over Australia in Newcastle, Sydney, in June sparked mass celebrations from Andy Robinson’s team – but these two players might have gone a little too far. Yes, it was Scotland’s first win for seven matches and helped atone for a Six Nations whitewash – but Ally Strokosch and Joe Ansbro were nursing sore heads for the…
Posted 384 days ago
THE LIONS had stunned Australia in the opening Test of the 2001 series, winning 29-13 at the Gabba in Brisbane, but the Wallabies fought back in Melbourne to level things up. Here are the highlights of that second Test, including Joe Roff’s intercept at the start of the second half and Nathan Grey’s controversial hit on Richard Hill in the…
Posted 389 days ago
There have been plenty of quality tries during this season’s Aviva Premiership, from Jonny May’s individual effort against Harlequins to Manu Tuilagi finishing off a team move at Northampton, but what’s the best of the lot? The judges have cast their votes and the winner of Try of the Season will be announced at the Aviva Premiership Awards on Tuesday…
Posted 420 days ago
THE TOP two in the RaboDirect Pro12 go head-to-head at Thomond Park tonight as Munster host their Irish rivals Leinster. It’s sure to be an enthralling match, but who’s going to come out on top in Limerick? Here Conor Murray, Alan Quinlan, Bernard Jackman and RTE Sport’s Michael Corcoran offer their thoughts on the top-of-the-table clash…
Posted 432 days ago
THE WRU cameras were there to capture all the action as Wales beat France to lift their third RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam in eight seasons, so here’s a reminder of all the goings-on at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff…
