The Highlanders’ preseason is proving to be a trial by fire under returning head coach Jamie Joseph, who has his side sweating in New Zealand’s south.
Despite sending his troops into the gym for a crack at ju-jitsu this week, Joseph is doubling down on the rugby-specific training to get his team fit and on song.
A trip to the beach for some surf lifesaving has also featured in the preseason schedule, something the team admittedly had a little trouble with in the torrent St Clair waters.
“I don’t think I’ll be taking it up any time soon. It was pretty challenging,” hooker Jack Taylor told 1News.
Loose forward Sean Withy was highly amused as an onlooker from the beach.
“They just looked like bloody idiots. I was like, ‘What are you guys doing?’ I was screaming at them!”
The team’s communication skills were challenged as the groups attempted to keep their boats facing the right way, with some finding more success than…
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