Bruce Ross

Bruce is President of Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness, the parent body of the forty-odd sporting clubs there. He is also the inventor of two machines, the MyoTruk and MyoThrusta, which are extensively used for strength training at the University gymnasium

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    Rugby
    Giants of the midfield – rise of the 100kg inside centre

    Over the past few decades the body weight of international rugby players has been consistently increasing. In...

    Bruce Ross November 29, 2010
  • 3rdtier
    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    I wonder how many people watching the 2010 Sydney Premiership Club Grand Final realised they were seeing a classic demonstration of a profoundly revolutionary style of play that I have termed “physical imposition rugby”. The clash of Australia’s two most historic and successful clubs saw Sydney University triumph by 46 points to...

    Bruce Ross October 5, 2010
  • Wallabies
    Wallabies: the right conditioning for the 3Ns?

    A characteristic of the Deans era Wallabies is their seeming inability to sustain their performance over the full 80 minutes of a game. This raises the question of whether their training methods are appropriate for the intense physical demands of modern international rugby. In short, is there enough emphasis on strength training?...

    Bruce Ross July 3, 2010
  • ACT Brumbies
    Super 14: the ride in with 6 weeks to go

    A number of unexpected results have compressed the Super 14 points table but probably reduced the potential semi-finallists to eight teams. The Australian media has focussed on the fact that the Waratahs are nominally top of the table, but they are there on sufferance as a consequence of not yet having had...

    Bruce Ross April 5, 2010
  • ACT Brumbies
    Super 14: the ride in

    The Super 14 has now passed the halfway point with six weeks remaining before the finals series. The points table presents a somewhat confusing picture, with some teams having played seven games and the others, having had a bye, only six. The situation becomes somewhat clearer if team totals are adjusted by...

    Bruce Ross March 30, 2010
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    All Blacks
    A glimpse of rugby’s future; big, fast backs

    The Marseille game between France and the All Blacks was a wonderful display of purposeful ball-in-hand rugby...

    Bruce Ross December 2, 2009
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    Rugby
    Nine-a-side rugby: a game for boofy blokes

    For many rugby aficionados the sevens version of the game is deeply unsatisfying; a skim milk, decaffeinated,...

    Bruce Ross November 17, 2009
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    Wallabies
    Too old at 30: ARU’s “scrapheap” policy

    The Australian rugby coach and his selectors appear to be following a quite deliberate policy of favouring...

    Bruce Ross November 13, 2009
  • All Blacks
    The tackle-shy Bledisloe

    The Tokyo Bledisloe match featured the clash of two backlines who basically can’t tackle to save themselves. Both the Wallabies and All Blacks backs fall off one in four tackles they attempt. Let’s look at the Wallabies first, using calculations derived from 2009 Super 14 stats compiled by Verusco Technologies. The first...

    Bruce Ross November 2, 2009
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    Rugby
    Were the ELVs more exciting? The stats.

    When SANZAR introduced a number of Experimental Law Variations for the 2008 season, supporters were led to...

    Bruce Ross June 4, 2009