Rugby Training and Exercises

The strength training applicable to all rugby players will require overall muscular explosiveness.The strength training applicable to all rugby players will require overall muscular explosiveness. Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images.

The backs must also possess an appropriate strength to weight ratio, for reasons counter to those of the forwards. A rugby back may run upward of 5,000 yards (4,500 m) in a game, much of the distance covered at a significant speed. The back must be light enough to move quickly, yet strong enough to sustain the multitude of blows encountered during an 80-minute game.

Source Citation: "Rugby Strength Training and Exercises." World of Sports Science. Eds. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 2 pp. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Gale Trial Site. 10 Mar. 2009 .