Rugby

Rugby training is still going well but it isn't getting any easier!! Another marathon session of running and wrestling last night but I'm feeling fresh now after cycling to work. Some of the lads are coming out and moaning about the length of the sessions but that is pretty weak to be honest as it is always this time of the year that we need to 'get the money in the bank'.

One thing that annoys me about preseason fitness training is the amount of players who cheat or cut corners or whine and moan. They tend to be players without much mental strength or discipline and after a few sessions they stick out like sore thumbs. Would you want to go into a physical battle with players like that? Neither would I.

If anyone should be moaning then it should probably be me given how old and how heavy I am!!

A few stories concerning rugby in the sports news;

http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby/Harrison39s-eightmonth-ban-for-drugs.5476982.jp - There will be more to come from this as three of his team mates (named in the article) refused to take a drugs test.

http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby/Quins-winger-Williams-banned-for.5477119.jp - I feel sorry for this Williams chap. He was put in a position (in the biggest game of Harlequins recent history) by the management and the medical staff where he didn't have an option. They were acquitted and he was banned for 12 months. Rugby, after becoming professional, is becoming more and more like soccer and I hope that the IRB stamp it out.