THE SOUTH Africa-born centre’s importance was recently highlighted by his absence. Injured for Saracens’ end-of-season play-offs they missed his defensive solidity in midfield and failed to collect any silverware. He’s…
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Lions 2013 Player Profile: Christian Wade
ONE OF the brightest prospects in English rugby, Wade has won plaudits for his ability to terrorise defences. He’s one of the fastest wingers in the English Premiership and has…
Building upper body strength: the bear crawl
WE'RE STARTING to work the upper body. John Dams, Harlequins' head of strength and conditioning, shows us some variations of the old classic, the bench press, in the September edition…
Lions 2013: Surf’s up in Sydney
IT’S NOT just been rugby, rugby, rugby for the British & Irish Lions in Australia. Away from the training pitch, there has been a chance to explore the country. Some…
Lions 2013: NSW Waratahs 17-47 Lions
The Lions produced their most complete performance of the tour to date
Summer tours: England’s crib could be better than Argentina’s…
WINNING TESTS is one thing, but to do it with young, exciting players is another. For the second Test against Argentina, Stuart Lancaster has selected an explosive and sprightly backline…
Building the foundations: the shuttle test
ARE YOU starting to feel the effects of pre-season training? John Dams, Harlequins’ head of strength and conditioning has put together a workout to build your base strength in the…
Lions 2013: The silliness around spying
SOMETIMES THINGS go too far. Like the private joke said aloud too often or the headlines whenever a football team scores six goals, talk of spying, spies and undercover Aussies…
Lions 2013: O’Driscoll and Roberts, side-step brothers
THEY STARTED out as Six Nations enemies, but since the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, centres Brian O’Driscoll and Jamie Roberts have been spilling over with…
Lions 2013 Player Profile: Billy Twelvetrees
IT’S BEEN quite a year for the centre. His move to Gloucester from Leicester resulted in more game time, an England call-up for the Six Nations and now this Lions…