Richard Cockerill column: Leicester Tigers do not over-train our...
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When I played the game, a long time ago, we used to have a very structured training week.
We would work hard on Monday and Tuesday.
Then on Wednesday morning, we would play a game between the first and second team.
It would nearly always end in a punch-up.
When we had finished that, we would leave the field knowing that we were ready for the weekend’s game.
That was just the way it was and probably the reason why people imagine Leicester to have a brutal training regime.
I know that a few people still think we train like that and, on the odd occasion at Leicester and probably other cl…
We would work hard on Monday and Tuesday.
Then on Wednesday morning, we would play a game between the first and second team.
It would nearly always end in a punch-up.
When we had finished that, we would leave the field knowing that we were ready for the weekend’s game.
That was just the way it was and probably the reason why people imagine Leicester to have a brutal training regime.
I know that a few people still think we train like that and, on the odd occasion at Leicester and probably other cl…
