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Mate, I'm embarassed to admit it, but it appears you are totally correct.

I could have sworn that I've seen the saffies packing left & right. Adding to that, a South African teammate told me it...

Is it really?

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First, I highly doubt he's 110kg (no matter what it says on the website). My guess is he'd be more in the range of 100-105kg. Second, in South Africa they don't have "open" and "blind", they have...

Short answer: It doesn't matter.

How long is a piece of string?

First of all, forget comparing yourself to professional players.

The first reason why that is silly should be obvious: you're...

Fair enough mate. Sorry if I sounded like I was telling you how to suck eggs.

In any case, I reckon the advice I gave is pretty sound in order to ensure you're in the best possible condition given...

There is not such type of person. Everyone gains weight be eating. In fact it's the ONLY way to gain weight. Well, I suppose the other option is walking around with a pack of potatoes over your...

Eat more healthy food and lift weights. Next.

Seriously though, it's not rocket science (although I know that's what the body-building crowd want you to think). If you're not gaining weight, all...

Mate it's too late. If you knew this was coming up you really should have prepared as soon as you found out. Months ago.

Anyway, I'll try and help you out as much as possible. With only a couple...

That doesn't sound like a likely reason. If you can sit in a seat then your hips are flexible enough.

Hard to say without seeing you, but the reason is almost definitely because you've just...

Punching walls is a good way to harden your knuckles. If you can't afford walls, get on your knees and punch the ground. It's best if it has little stones and stuff in there to help toughen up your...

It's not about "routines". different routines is just something that suites different individuals. You make that up yourself. It's about effort and the type of exercise.

If you want explosive...

Wait to the off season mate.

And stick to the big moves. Learn to power-snatch. ;)

Anyway, I only joined today so I don't want to tell everyone how to suck eggs (although it's all I've been...

Mik, you don't play in the Cork area by any chance? I just got back from an 18-month stint in good ol' Oirland. There was one team there with a saffer coach - Musgrave I think...?

I was sorry to...

Good advice if you fancy being kicked in the teeth a lot.

Seriously though, Open-side is my position, and I like to think it's the toughest position on the field (barring maybe hooker). It's also...

Try not to take this badly mate, but I don't believe for one second that after your ten-minutes of play - in second row of all positions - that all your teammates were shunning you and the coach was...