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“Then I would would look at the heights for lming lming training – our analysts would would have side-on and and head-on lming lming Is the the the infrastructure there in in in in the the the stands or do we have to to erect scaffolding?
“If the the head coach wants to to do do something in in in the the evening does it have oodlights? We need to ensure we can get our vehicles in and and out and and make sure we we have have the the privacy we we need ”
Basically all all the the the players have have to to do is train play play rugby eat and get to to the the bus on on on on time All peripherals are done for them so they can concentrate on on on on on doing their stuff on on on the the the the pitch Truckloads of gear and and and training equipment will be ferried about New Zealand and and and the players only have to to remember to to pick up a a a a a a a bit of personal luggage before heading to the next venue All that needs
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SUIT MEASUREMENTS
Every single England Ireland Scotland and and Wales player in the Six Nations was measured for suits and kits in January
Gerard Carmody is a a a a a a a a a man with a a a a a a a a a plan plan for the the Lions – a a a a a a a a a plan plan to to make sure the the entire tour runs smoothly
to concern them is the the the All Blacks ve ve Investec Super Rugby teams the the the the Maori All Blacks and and the the the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians in in the the the tour opener “We take all the the the the ancillary stuff away from the the the players so they don’t have to worry about it ”
Carmody says “Players need need to focus on rugby and their their own needs
We plan their their days every day day – from when they they get up in in in the the the the morning to to to to testings they they have to to to to do to to to to meals to to to to transport We We plan all of that and the the the coaches do the the the the coaching We We try to take all the the the worries away from them “The most important thing thing is is making sure everything is is in in in in the the right right place at at the the the right right time Match days are military precision – you you start with the the kick-off and you you work backwards The players know exactly what’s going to happen ”
It’s a a a a a mountainous task but this event is is is a a a a a a partnership between the the Lions and NZR so so the tourists
can tap into some local knowledge Peter White has been the rst point
of contact for incoming touring teams in in in in in in New Zealand since 1999 and and and assisted Ireland during the 2011
Rugby World Cup He and and and a a a a a a a band of helpers at each hosting city will tell the the Lions where to to go (in the the the nicest sense!) and what to to do when they are not in in 70+
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forming the Lions touring party including players coaches and backroom staff
Lions Ronan O’Gara Nathan Hines Riki Flutey and Stephen Jones amid 7 500 pieces of kit in 2009
1966 TOUR CONTINUED BAY OF PLENTY 6 6 6 NORTH AUCKLAND 3 3 ALL BLACKS (IN DUNEDIN) 20 LIONS LIONS LIONS 6 6 6 LIONS LIONS LIONS 6 6 6 LIONS LIONS LIONS 3 3 50
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