James Robson, doctor to the British and Irish Lions has recently voiced his concern that rugby players are too big for their level of skill, and tellingly England International Simon Shaw has labelled some players as gym monkeys in his autobiography - have we reached a breaking point? Are some players too big to play the game? When you compare players from the pre professional era with their counterparts today you can see the size of the issue (contrast Will Carling 90kg with Mike Tindall 105kg and Jeff Probyn 102 kg with Andrew Sheridan 119kg). Given that the average Guinness Premiership player can expect to spend a fifth of the season injured does increased player size lead to more time spent on the treatment table?
Never one to be accused of being a gym monkey myself my question to you is, are some rugby players too big? Please vote in the poll and feel free to add your comments below…
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The recent IRB Medical Conference focused on injury response and are looking to make some good changes.
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Poll response came out slightly in the favour of player size as being too large....
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