“SOME TEAMS DOWN TOOLS WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH”

Professor Moira Lafferty on helping riders be their best, holding up a flight at Heathrow and travelling the world

Father Time comes for us all, but retired professionals can still pull on the boots

All around the world, grass roots rugby players are upping their game for the international stage

Thirty years after their introduction, Stephen Jones says tactical substitutes remain a blight on a sport that has become more dangerous and less exciting

Does it matter if that pause between sets turns into a full-blown chat with the dude who spotted you last week? The short answer is “yes”. Making the appropriate ‘rest’ periods an integral part of your training is non-negotiable. We checked in with the experts -and the science