The Bionic Rugby Player

You have got to hand it to him.

Warren Gatland is aiming to bring Welsh Rugby into the Lime-Light.

And this is starting with the players - who he views as physically a few degrees away from the high eschelons of the Rugby World.

Having said this, they were not far away from it last week in beating England.

A monumuental rally, that was put down to rugby fitness in the last 1/4 saw the World Cup Runners Up, off rather cheaply.

I suppose it comes from his time at Wasps.

There he was at the coal face of some the games top-level athletes. Big, quick and powerful. The ideal modern day rugby player with rugby fitness to burn.

“The message has to be given to the regions that paying for three or four physios or fitness guys is going to cost less than paying £200,000-a-year for a player,” said Gatland.

“Having three or four fitness or physio guys is going to have much more impact over a season than having one expensive player.

“Let’s get the facilities and structures right. Let’s make sure we leave no stone unturned in all those things, like analysis. Let’s pay attention to those details.”

Gatland believes one of the golden rules of professional sport is that good medical staff, physios and fitness coaches, mean players don’t spend so much time sidelined with injuries.

If you are not doing some form of physcial preparation for the most confrontational and injury prone game in the world then you are officially delusional.

Wake up and smell the coffee before the Bionic Rugby Player runs over you.

JL
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