get lots of sleep, forget about late night tv shows. during the season, i never stayed up past nine on week days. also, running with weights is not a great idea for rugby. just push ur self really hard all the time when running without weights because the weights will do sneaky things to ur muscles. u wont get faster or more endured, in fact, the minute you run without weights, ur body will feel really light for a few minutes. in that amount of time, you will think you are flying, but really you will be going just slightly faster, and since u feel lighter u will forget to pace urself, and u will wear out. trust me, ive seen it/experienced it a million times. if you want to run with weights, do the 40 meter dash with a weight bag on a cord tied to a harness on ur waiste. that is the only type of weight running pro rugby guys ever do. because that wont make u feel lighter, but it will make ur hamstrings longer and thicker, which will make you ALOT faster. other than that, sounds like a solid plan. stick with it. also remember in rugby, brute force is not as important because you only need it for a few seconds during the scrum. during the winter, i lift for rugby(not counting curls and the other auxilaries i do) for about a half hour. thats a half hour i spend on squats and bench and maybe a few more specific lifts. i spend about an hour jogging. if you can run 7 miles in an hour, you will be fine. in fact you will have no problem getting around the field with that amount of endurance. i know its not blinding speed, but when you are 200lbs and can do that, trust me, you will be fine. because i weight 195 and thats the pace i run, and im almost never out of breathe unless i get the ball in the open and take off, then after i score the try/get tackled/get beheaded by mob of angry backs i will be gasping, but other than that, as far as playing goes you will be solid for two periods. if anybody who actually PLAYS rugby sees a flaw in my advice, lets hear it, and whats wrong about it.
