Developing rugby players into rugby athletes is not a simple or easy task. There are a number of factors of fitness you may want to work on before you move to these Olympic lifts and having a really good foundation in strength training will help enormously.
Having said that, there are a number of ways of [...]
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Developing Powerful Athletes for Rugby – Olympic Lifting Prerequisites
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Power, Strength
Tags: athlete rugby players·clean·fit for rugby·front squat for rugby·Olympic lifting prerequisites·power clean·rugby Olympic lifting·rugby power
Rugby World Cup 2011 – Lessons in Rugby Speed & Power from Weekend 3
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Power, Speed, World Cup
During the RWC 2011 games this weekend there were quite a few examples of real rugby power and speed.
Kaino from New Zealand is the perfect example of the modern back row forward. He has absolutely amazing power and his hits are some of the biggest in world rugby.
I remember first seeing him play for the [...]
Tags: biggest rugby tackles·Israel Dagg·Jason Robinson·Jerome Kaino·New Zealand·rugby power·rugby speed·Rugby world cup 2011·RWC 2011
Developing Powerful Athletes for Rugby
September 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Power, Weight Training
In my last post I talked about the importance of having the necessary skills to be a rugby player. In today’s professional rugby world the strength and power element of the game has become far more prevalent than back in the amateur days. Now this is generally due to the amount of time professionals rugby [...]
Tags: developing powerful athletes·explosive rugby·rugby Olympic lifting·rugby players·rugby power lifting·snatch clean and jerk·snatch rugby·strength rugby
Guinness Premiership Playoffs Showcase Rugby Power And Rugby Speed From Forwards
May 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Power, Speed
After some awesome displays of forward rugby speed and rugby power over the weekend, here’s my top 3 demonstrations of power and pace from forwards in the Guinness Premiership Playoffs.
In reverse order,
At No. 3….Roger Wilson’s bullocking run from a snaffled line-out take against Saracens. He showed both power and pace to get away from the [...]
Tags: agility and speed·best try from a prop forward·Guinness Premiership Playoffs·luke watson·power and pace·roger wilson·rugby agility·rugby power·rugby speed·Soane Tonga'huia
