I was speaking to a semi-pro

recently and he said exactly the same as you, and it does make sense, even so, i do believe this has increased even more in the past 5 years, which is strange, as the players are not THAT much fitter than five years ago. I do think there is a certain element of teh physios, docs, etc put doubt in players minds, and now they think they are injured at the slightest little thing that they would prob run off in a match, personally i think it has become a bit psycoligical as well as physical

Posted By: Gary Doherty, Oct 18, 08:45:39