httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kewjUn0K8

Call it a consolidation of memory.

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My Gym

A year on, this is how it looks.
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Attacking the breakdown with my face = 2 black eyes, egg on the forehead and a split lip.

We missed the minor premiership by 11 points on for and against, which is a little disappointing, especially considering we routed Gungahlin in a friendly the week before after they forfeited. But no matter, we’ll roll on to take the premiership proper.

We had thought we’d end up playing Royals – the long-standing local rival club – in the semi final, but funnily enough, Royals finished fourth and we’ll be playing Jindabyne, despite the fact that Royals smacked Jindy by 50-odd points a few weeks ago. Uni-Norths, the minor premiers, will face Royals for the second week in a row and will take confidence from the fact they beat the blue-and-whites yesterday by 14 points to nil.

I expect to win against Jindabyne, and want us to do it in clinical fashion. Essentially, there are only three competitive sides in the competition: Vikings, Uni-Norths and Royals, and it may be a disadvantage to us to have had so many easy games in the leadup to a grand final. I think it’s possible that Royals can beat Uni-Norths, but I don’t care who wins between them, particularly. I’m ready for either.

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ACT Women’s Rugby Preso was a laid-back affair last night. I was happy to take away the Best Defender (Forwards) award.

Sharni Williams was the deserving recipient of Player’s Player, while Louise “Cookie” Burrows took out the ACT Representative Player of the Year prize.
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The following quote reminded me of my current largest shortcoming: I tend to go off my feet.

“David [Pocock] has always been technically very good I think – he works hard to stay on his feet and get low over the ball and get in a good position” — Jim Williams.

Will practice hard for the rest of the season

David Pocock, news.com.au

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Best club (ground) in the country

We played Gungahlin, who were short on numbers. We lent them 6 or 7 of our own in order to have a run around on Vikings No 1. Field (always a pleasure to play on). We gave them Willow, a former Wallaroo, who narrowly missed this year’s World Cup squad, which is an amazing achievement given she has a 6 month old baby girl. We also gave them Kristy Giteau for the second half and I can testify that girl has rocket shoes.
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I weighed myself yesterday and found I’d put on 2kg of muscle thanks to Crossfit! I’m adopting Crossfit as a daily framework for my own training sessions.

I’ve posted my daily sessions in the sidebar and have a dedicated page with my training calendar.

Note that I’ll still be periodising my training. At the moment, it’s the in-season/maintenance phase and things are all pretty specific. In the off-season, I’ll change the training mix a little.

I’m keen to hear people’s thoughts!

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Finding a pattern: tuning Crossfit for rugby specificity

——– UPDATE: 24 July, 2010 ——–
Pattern found: check out my Crossfit Style Rugby Sessions Calendar for daily rugby-specific WoDs.
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I know a little about training for rugby, and have had some personal success with devising and following training plans. I think it’s highly likely I’d be at least in the top 5 women in the country for workrate off the back of my own training program.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_rw-8XqNh0
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Since it was a special year for me, I took the indulgence of making a personal highlights and misadventures video of my performances at Nationals.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD95eRtfloM

Probably doesn’t need to be said, but I’m wearing #7 for the Brumbies.

I’m halfway through a team retrospective video – will post soon.

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I've sprained a sternocostal joint (well, Shar did it for me)

And my little sterno-costal sprain (and it’s consequent muscular complications for the shoulder) is on the mend! Matt Stewart of SportsPhysioWest, Parramatta, is a genius.
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