Quote snowie="snowie"his fitness or lack of it has been his down fall'"
I don't think that's uncommon - it seems that quite a few jr players struggle in that regard, especially the bigger lads who've perhaps got a bit too used to barging their way through or crashing over the line and end up relying on that, to the exclusion of other facets of their game.
We've just started a fitness programme to run alongside regular training for our U13's; we're also talking to the health promotion team at Wakefield PCT, to see if we can get someone to come down and give them a talk on diet and nutrition. Our hope is that as well as helping them in rugby terms, we'll also encourage some good habits that will stick with them as they get older, whether they continue with rugby league or not.
The whole thing kicks off this Wednesday night - we've got a special guest trainer coming down to give them an insight into the training regime of a pro player; should be fun!
