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Interview - Dean Ryan: Bulk vs Brains

Dean Ryan discusses the importance of both bulk and brains for rugby players and how finding the right balance is essential.

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I think the modern day now is becoming more and more sort of athletic development. It's a very Dynamic powerful game, you know, it's it's made huge strides in a very short space of time and conditioning is playing huge part. I think the balance we've got to get right is that we don't lose the thought processes behind that and there is a danger. It does go in Cycles the game always involves in three or four years. So I causes defense on top is Attack on top and I think there's a balance between athletic development and thought processes and we've got to be careful that the pathways through are always exaggerating the need to think because you know, the need to use bulk is always there if it becomes the driving force and I think the game loses something and you know having great thinkers in the game is so crucial to keeping this diversity and you know, I'm really pleased to see at the top of the game. You see people arm. It's like Kieran read is a real example of almost an old-school number 8 that can think, you know really turns up at the right times. It's not an accident instead of the power Base number eight is just about getting over the game line. And that's a real comparison and the games got to keep both because it's not all about thinking it either in a modern-day professionalism. You've got to you got to tip your hat to the fact that you know, there are some fantastic athletes playing the game. But if we get the balance, right we get the best of both worlds.