Watmough and Stewart head to US with new NRL clubs

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Former Manly Sea Eagles Anthony Watmough and Glenn Stewart head to US with new NRL clubs

Dean Ritchie
The Daily Telegraph
October 30, 2014 12:00AM
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FORMER Manly teammates Anthony Watmough and Glenn Stewart will embark on a 100,000km world odyssey to kickstart new careers away from Brookvale Oval.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal Watmough will travel with new club Parramatta next week to an elite training camp with NFL giants Seattle on the US west coast.

Watmough and 23 Parramatta players will fly to Vancouver before travelling south to Seattle for a 10-day camp where players will be tested and train in a low-key bonding camp.
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While Watmough is preparing his passport, Stewart is also ready to fly at new club Souths.

The former NSW and Test back-rower will travel to Arizona, via Los Angeles, in mid-November to a high-altitude (2500m) training camp in Flagstaff.
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Stewart and Rabbitohs teammates will complete canyon hikes, fitness drills and long runs. It will be the perfect way for Stewart to meet and understand his new teammates.

In late January, Watmough and Stewart will then be in contention to play the Auckland Nines tournament in New Zealand.
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And Stewart will pack his kit bag once again before the start of the NRL season.

He will fly from Sydney to London, then onto Manchester before staying in Leeds for South Sydney’s World Club Challenge showdown against Super League premiers St Helens.

Overall, the pair will have travelled more than 90,000km before playing a single NRL game for their new clubs.

Life away from Manly suddenly isn’t so bad.
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Manly's Anthony Watmough and Glenn Stewart celebrates victory and a place in the Grand Final during the South Sydney Rabbitoh…

Anthony Watmough and Glenn Stewart both face a fresh start with their new teammates. Source: News Limited

“Glenn was a team leader at Manly and we want him to have a similar role here,” Rabbitohs chief executive Shane Richardson said.

“This will be a chance for Glenn to get to know his new teammates. Hopefully we can exploit all the things that made him such a great player at Manly.”

Richardson said trips to Arizona and England will prepare his side for their premiership defence next year.
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“It will be a fantastic opportunity for the players,” Richardson said. “Arizona won’t be about team bonding in the old way but about bonding through physical training.

“The World Club Challenge will be a great experience in England, especially for ‘Madge’ (coach Michael Maguire, who previously guided Wigan) to return to England and for me to return to Hull.

“It will open the players’ eyes to the world of rugby league and what the game can offer.”

Manly has released Watmough but has not officially lodged the papers with NRL management.

Once that is done, Watmough can formally sign with Parramatta.

Stewart and Watmough played a combined 463 matches for the Sea Eagles. Manly have signed Willie Mason and Feleti Mateo to combat the loss of the pair and the retired Jason King.

 

[hobbo]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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[Furious1]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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Nothing wrong with training old mate. Haven't you seen Rocky?

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[tig_prmz]

just shows how much $$$ matters in general fitness. you could have the best S&C staff in the world but unless you dont give them the money for equipment and training gear- they'll be useless.

tbh didnt know parra had that much money lol

 

[foreveratiger]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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Depending how hard they put in ? they might get shouted lunch back at the Leagues Club :laughing:

 

[dazza65]

Agreed
Old skool
Bring out the sides of beef!!

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[hobbo]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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Nothing wrong with training old mate. Haven't you seen Rocky?

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Punching into meat in an abattoir would be all our team could afford .

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[hobbo]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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Nothing wrong with training old mate. Haven't you seen Rocky?

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And who are you calling me OLD !! They're fighting words ! :laughing:

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[guyofthetiger]

Hopefully that sort of article gives our guys some fire in the belly.
Long overdue that the Tigers had some genuine mongrel.
Bad mix being povo and a bunch of prima donnas.

 

[pHyR3]

And our boys will be hitting the dunes at wanda lol

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no no, you dont understand. it's not the facilities and trainers that have led to atrocious injuries 2 years in a row, its all bad luck.

i mean, what the hell even is altitude training? sounds like bs to me. a gym reshuffle and new barbells is all the tigers need for next year.

 

[hobbo]

Wests Tigers altitude training ….

Keegan to Taylor .... Hey JT we've just reached 200 meters ....( do you copy) ???

Taylor ... ( yeah mate I got ya)...How are the boys holding up ???

Keegan ... They're f#^%*d already ....(over)...

Taylor ... Ok mate bring em back down we'll try something else ! (Over ) .

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[Newtown]

Wests Tigers need Attitude Training much more urgently than Altitude Training.

 

[TrueTiger]

Well I'm old school and even though Alltitude training has positives and sounds great,nothing beats a good old 15km road run and some well supervised weight training.
The road run opens up the lungs and strengthens leg muscles while the weights develope and strengthen arms shoulders and neck.
I'm all for the new age training and technological advances as long as it is affordable and is proven to aid the athlete…

This is where Keegan should be of great benefit in our S&C area.
We also did a lot of swimming and it is a fantastic way to keep fit as well....

Training and playing have developed along way since I played,but our injuries were always at a minimum..we had to work as well as play in my day,these days it is the players job,to play and train,huge difference when you can train 6-8 hours a day...

 

[the_third]

Well I'm old school and even though Alltitude training has positives and sounds great,nothing beats a good old 15km road run and some well supervised weight training.
The road run opens up the lungs and strengthens leg muscles while the weights develope and strengthen arms shoulders and neck.
I'm all for the new age training and technological advances as long as it is affordable and is proven to aid the athlete…

Completely agree on old school, just do it at 2k in the air and you get an even greater benefit. Same with swimming

We need more than to just keep the players on the park these days. If we are jogging and they are running we have no hope at winning.

It would be an improvement though

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[tig_prmz]

Nothing can replace altitude training unless you have low gas chambers. Altitude training works because the pressure of oxygen in the environment drops significantly, meaning our muscles have increased oxygen extracting capacity and our lungs have to be more effective because they have to maintain the high saturation of oxygen in the body.

This way when they come back to ground level, these adaptations help their endurance levels.

This is primarily the reason why people who live at high altitudes are more of a chance to become a good athlete.

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[yeti]

There's a fair bit of controversy regarding high altitude training. If there are benefits, (and some physiologists don't believe that there are), it's generally considered that they are relatively short lived. After a month (at best two) back at sea level, the number of red blood cells returns to 'normal'. If anything, the real benefit of these camps lies in the bonding between the players. The physiological benefits will be negated long before the season kicks off.

 

[happy_tiger]

I have one question

When they tell us they have had the toughest pre season ever (AGAIN )

Will they actually be telling us the truth ??

Seriously though , the one thing I hope they get is heaps of QUALITY and Quantity training

 

[happy_tiger]

There's a fair bit of controversy regarding high altitude training. If there are benefits, (and some physiologists don't believe that there are), it's generally considered that they are relatively short lived. After a month (at best two) back at sea level, the number of red blood cells returns to 'normal'. If anything, the real benefit of these camps lies in the bonding between the players. The physiological benefits will be negated long before the season kicks off.

Yeah I heard with athletics they are now looking at doing a session high altitude training camp about 12 months before the major events and then another 6-8 weeks before

 

[Tigermama]

Nothing can replace altitude training unless you have low gas chambers. Altitude training works because the pressure of oxygen in the environment drops significantly, meaning our muscles have increased oxygen extracting capacity and our lungs have to be more effective because they have to maintain the high saturation of oxygen in the body.

This way when they come back to ground level, these adaptations help their endurance levels.

This is primarily the reason why people who live at high altitudes are more of a chance to become a good athlete.

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You explained that beautifully tig :slight_smile:

 

[Tigermama]

There's a fair bit of controversy regarding high altitude training. If there are benefits, (and some physiologists don't believe that there are), it's generally considered that they are relatively short lived. After a month (at best two) back at sea level, the number of red blood cells returns to 'normal'. If anything, the real benefit of these camps lies in the bonding between the players. The physiological benefits will be negated long before the season kicks off.

It's a free holiday for the boys! Thats all. Lucky them!