Quote: Liam666 "Given it was the day after a game, and more than a week before the next game, maybe they had that day set to be their 'Cheat Day' where they can eat what they want. After the Good Friday derby someone took a pic with Carlos Tumivave and he had a takeaway bag in hand, plus didn't Castleford have a table full of pizzas waiting for them in the changing room shown by Sky after they beat Leeds early last season?
If he chose to go their for his cheat day so be it but imagine most of us would choose better.'"
“Cheat” days is a very 2010s term and is an outdated thing. The day after a game, good replenishment with the right foods, as well as massage and hydrotherapy are important. Maybe these things in RL are why our clubs are visibly falling behind the physique and performance of NRL and RU teams/players who clearly have different/better physiques than our SL lot on the whole. Look at the muscular development of Denny Solomona since switching codes... I think a lot of SL players look out of shape. Not fat, not unfit, but they don’t look like a typical NRL player or RU centre/flanker/lock (most of the team bar the hookers these days). They look underfed and underdeveloped muscularly.
I’m getting a gist from rugby league that it’s a bit stuck in the past. I know a few ex-players and remember that when they played RL was seen as a sport on the ball with training and nutrition but in the last five to ten years SOOO much has been learnt in that field (especially with nutrition) that I’m not sure RL has moved with the times.