Sydney Roosters’ gruelling team-building session in New Zealand
While the Sydney Roosters’ biggest names have enjoyed a glamorous off-season trip to Hollywood, the club’s rising stars are still recovering from a sleep-deprived training camp in Queenstown.
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Not all Sydney Roosters stars have been enjoying the glamour of Hollywood.
The club’s younger second-tier players are only just recovering from a most brutal exercise camp in Queenstown in New Zealand.
It was so punishing that new halfback Kyle Flanagan rated it even tougher than doing the Kokoda Trail last year.
The players got just two hours’ sleep in 36 hours in the sleep-deprivation part of the exercise.
They had to wade and swim in water at a temperature of 8 degrees. (An ice bath is 10 to 12 degrees.)
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The exercise including carrying sandbags through muddy terrain and up mountain hills. They also capsized boats in Lake Wakatipu and had to swim to shore in freezing conditions.
Even the coaching staff, Trent Robinson, Craig Fitzgibbon, Matt King, Travis Touma and Nathan Cayless, took part.
The camp focus is all about hard work, leadership, team building and resilience.
This is the fourth straight year the back-to-back premiers have taken a group of players to Queenstown for the pre-season.
Roosters youngsters kick off pre-season with Queenstown camp: https://t.co/HV5zfUCXOD #EastsToWin pic.twitter.com/wlUOEMRJWA
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