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My strong view is that if any organisation is to have significant growth or achievement it has to have one or more people who are drivers. Can anyone identify who are the drivers in rugby in New South Wales? I see plenty of people who are basically minding the shop but where are the agents of...

IS, I think that's an uncharacteristically cheap shot. Apparently the Board consists of: Edwin Zemancheff (Chairman) - on the Board of NSWRU since 2000 Arvid Petersen - on the Board of NSWRU for far too long but commencing date not known Sally Loane - on the Board of NSWRU since 2008 Al Baxter...

Point taken, barbarian. My approach has been that if I make posts sufficiently absurd people would realise they are not meant to be taken seriously, but once again I have assumed too much. It is interesting to observe that journalists are sensitive to being misrepresented. I seem to recall...

The Waratahs board held accountable? I should live so long. .

I totally agree with you on both points, TBH. No arse, no power.

Jack, you're never around the Sydney Uni campus at weekends in summer when you might see me wearing shorts. I think that the focus on bench pressing is partly a carryover from American football where the physical testing section of the NFL Combine Test has the bench press as the only weight...

You are right, Empire, body builders of the early postwar decades were serious lifters. John Grimek who preceded Park and Steve Reeves competed for the US in weightlifting at the 1936 Olympics but defeated Reeves in a 1948 Mr Universe contest at the age of 38. Arnold to a large extent...

Squatting to failure? God no! There are more than enough damaged backs already. I am still busily working to make profitable a business created to exploit a couple of machines I invented that deliver what the squat does but in a biomechanically efficient way. These machines can be used safely to...

Probably not as scary as having Brad Thorn running at you, Empire. Most body builders are not particularly strong, carrying muscles that have no real function. Note in particular that they have over-developed quadriceps but very little glute development, and it is the glutes that really provide...

The nearest I can come to answering that, TWiS, is that in my case "excess calf hypertrophy" didn't seem to add to my speed. For a tight forward, on the other hand, having powerful calves can provide additional power and extension by plantar flexing, i.e., rising onto your toes. The muscles of...

He's the sort of player who'd be valuable in any team. Hard as in uncompromising rather than hard as in intimidating as I see it. Now with regard to calves. Humans evolved to walk long distances, to take thousands of steps each day, and the principal muscles involved are those of the calves...

I forwarded the link on to the Sydney Uni S & Cs this afternoon, Iltw, with the the following comments: A few things I noted: · The focus on the bench press and the fact that his bench press and squat poundages were the same. His squat numbers were not overly impressive. · The amount of core...

I want to focus on the issue of physical conditioning, about which I tend to be somewhat obsessed, largely because almost nobody else acknowledges it as a crucial factor. Just last Saturday I was talking to a Waratahs coach of some decades back and he ridiculed my assertion that the Wallabies'...

That's Illawarra rugby. .

That's what he told me, twenty seven. I have no reason to disbelieve him. Todd Dammers who was his coach at Nudgee and is now Director of Rugby at Sydney Uni read what I had written in the article and didn't query it. Also the two S & Cs associated with the rugby program at Uni confirm his...

(a) I don't think there is necessarily a significant advantage in size per se in the modern game. Players cannot afford to sacrifice mobility and endurance. (b) Sam Jeffries has been hampered by injuries since coming to Sydney, so there hasn't been a lot of opportunity to assess his work rate...

Interestingly, Riptide, the first school to buy a MyoQuip machine back in 2005 stated that a main reason for the installation was it could be used unsupervised. The boys were only allowed to squat when supervised but were free to use the ScrumTruk whenever they wanted to. With Olympic style...

Not at Sydney Uni, Riptide. The traditional lifts are certainly used but there is a heavy emphasis on the use of the MyoThrusta and MyTruk as the basic tools for developing lower body strength in rugby players, rowers and elite women basketball players. Another example, in England the Exeter...

The selection of Sam Jeffries is quite an interesting story. He was a promising sprint swimmer at Brisbane’s Nudgee College when its then Director of Rugby, Todd Dammers, persuaded him to shift his sporting focus to rugby. He spent the 2009 season playing for the Nudgee 2nd XV as his main focus...

There are massive systemic problems at the 'Tahs which lend weight to the old adage that a fish rots from the head down, but let's look for constructive ideas. For a number of years I have been advocating that the 'Tahs should adopt a strict policy of signing only those players who have been...