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I'm firmly convinced, IS, that heavy lifting in season produces significant benefits, particularly in relation to playing out a solid 80 minutes at the end of the season. Obviously the volume of such work has to be restricted but not its intensity. I've seen this approach used successfully...

I have written about this subject on more than a few occasions so I will be brief. There is a great reluctance among strength and conditioning coaches in Australia to have their players do heavy strength training during the playing season, and in some cases not a lot of enthusiasm for it in the...

It may or may not be relevant but as soon as they were promoted they started using both the MyoTruk and the MyoThrusta both of which they use with very heavy loading. .

As distinct from the Stormers' cheerleaders who could never be described as "little 1%ers":

You will get very good value out of Dave McDuling next season. .

I'm sure that's true, twenty seven. Don't mind me. At times I'm opportunistic - truth be told, quite often. It's reassuring that younger people still have faith. The system wouldn't function if everyone were cynical. .

I always particularly enjoy reading wj's posts and I've never quite worked whether it's because of the innocent and totally unashamed bias in his posts which rejoice in and celebrate everything the Waratahs do, no matter how cringingly bad; or whether it's because of the extraordinary word...

Tom Carter who is off contract with the 'Tahs after this season is exactly the sort of experienced player who would provide backline starch and leadership for the Force. .

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Australia used to have a rich tradition of rhyming slang which presumably derived from the cockney. Among the cognoscenti a phrase such as that above would normally be shortened to "having an Uncle" which would translate into "having a xxx". Similarly with "having a Shirley" and "having an...

The prospect of that will probably have wj out behind the bike shed having an Uncle Doug. .

I'm told that this shock move is a somewhat pathetic attempt by Robbie to assert his independence by naming the coaching team before his nanny Totality Tony flies in. This rumour makes sense because otherwise why would there be such an unseemly rush to get the coaches announced when our first...

I'm still filthy on that and I don't even know the bloke. His only consolation was that he didn't have to keep living at Acapulco-by-the-Lake. That almost made it worth getting speared. .

Who was the bastard who told them the mike was switched off? .

The way things are going, if he brings his boots he'll probably get a run. .

Implicit in your comparisons, Major, is the justified assumption that the true testing material for the Springboks - as for the Wallabies - is the All Blacks. Unfortunately your mob always turn up, which means there are no cheap wins to be had. .

You mean something other than the fact that it is statistically impossible, Tordah? .

You've trumped me, IS. .

There is no way you're going to get large crowds to flock to matches against what are perceived as minor nations. And even against the All Blacks or Springboks it's hard to generate a "passionate" or "fortress" atmosphere at Homebush, Sydney's answer to the Grand Canyon. .