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A lot of work with rugby involves supporting weight, bracing against forces and transmitting force. A body used to the feel of heavy weight (either in squats or deadlifts or bench press etc) is going to cope better and that player is going to be more effective. There is a difference between...

When it comes to strength for a sport like Rugby - Deadlift. Is. King. And Bench press is a good indicator of upper body strength and as a measure of the weight you can bear. Its just not about the lift, it's about being able to be under the weight and control it.

It's ridiculous if this is true. They should be lifting seriously heavy weights and getting stronger. They should be carrying less body fat. And a Barbell squat is good, but the Deadlift is the GrandDaddy of them all. By the way - Alcohol, in my view, should be banned during the season by the...

Apparently a strength coach was there. It looked a bit as hoc but I'd say it was a sanctioned run as a bit of a light test. I saw him tweet about it and I have to admit I was a bit WTF? The risk is more from some over enthusiastic amateur doing something unintentionally. Mind you, if it can't...

Not good. Hopefully it's not as serious as it sounds.

Three Years doesn't seem a long contract unless the player is literally at the end of their career. I would have thought getting the "at their peak" and "young guns" players onto 3 year contracts was desirable. Have the older guys or the "we don't know about you yet but you look good so far"...

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/aru-cutting-back-on-longterm-player-deals-20120416-1x3uo.html#ixzz1sM4dNSv4 What is the view on the impact of this move?

Great timing :-)

So round 10 in NZ is the go apparently. How ironic. Or prophetic. Wonder what the crowds will be like when he runs out?

So I assume Cooper isn't going to be back?

There are some preconceptions and a bias regarding the points tweak - but the trial is showing that they are largely wrong. Reducing the penalty to 2 is not leading to more infringements, not when the pain from a converted try is now 8 and the infringement also gives away position and advantage...

RUGBY HIGHLIGHTS ON 9 LAST NIGHT - YAY!! Wait, it was on at about 11.30 PM. What a pack of pricks Nein is.

How do I delete a thread?

I know. How do I edit the poll? It went off prematurely.

Here is a question I thought I'd get an answer to - What is your view of Rucks and Mauls? I've tried to provide a reasonable spread of answers, just pick the one that is closest to the way you feel.

It needs to be done better for sure. It's not that hard. I don't understand how they perform so poorly in this area.

I think we made similar posts almost simultaneously. The Rugby needs more free to air exposure and someone needs to be feeding the Journo's story opportunities. The ARU needs to get a feel for which of the players are proper public "properties" and leverage off them better to raise awareness...

I get what an internet meme is, but I think most of them are contrived, obscure and unfunny and not really a meme at all.

I don't think I understand this thread or why the Alpaca is funny.

Look at the results from the Trial. The Trial needs to be expanded to a higher level of the game. I think this could be a great change, particularly with the 4 try bonus point. Then we need to get 80% of scrums actually producing the ball the first time.