High-tech gym chain Virgin Active has teamed up with England Rugby to launch “Fit for Rugby”, an innovative new training program created to inspire people to improve their physical strength, and be as ...

Training like a rugby player is not easy. Rugby combines strength, power, speed and agility. Pre-season is about building strength and power, but for amateur players, how do you get a workout that ...

She was the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in 2010, she was awarded an MBE in 2012, she retired from rugby after the 2014 World Cup victory - so what is Maggie Alphonsi doing now? We caught up ...

Objectives—To examine the influence of preseason fitness, existing injury, and preseason rugby training on subsequent injury. Methods—Players were eligible for the survey if they were a member of a ...

Rugby is, and always has been, traditionally a man’s game. Burly blokes raging with testosterone; the demons of the playing field. Yet gradually, more and more women are muscling in on the action.

England’s rugby sevens players have a secret weapon, but to find it they have to dig deep. It lies at the end of a grueling fitness regime which involves recreating the state of utter exhaustion the ...

OSAKA, Japan, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Namibia have been forced to make a change to their bench for their Rugby World Cup opener against Italy at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium on Sunday after Ospreys wing ...