Bradford Bulls

Posted: Thursday February 14, 2008

After the Wigan Warriors, and expecting the Warrington Wolves, here are the Bradford Bulls at Club La Santa.
The big rugby guys, also known as The Bulls, were here to improve and prepare for the season. During their training they were like bulls who could not feel any pain, but luckily outside the pitch they were friendly giants with happy faces and good inners and they did not cause any problems.
They are an example to follow. They are usual guests at Club La Santa, as they already came both in 2006 and 2007. Their coach, Steve McNamara, also came when still playing himself back in ‘97/’98.
The Bradford Bulls has 3 international players who defend the British colours and 2 internationals that play for New-Zealand.

The most difficult thing about coaching rugby players for head coach McNamara is to select them properly. You cannot select them all, because there are 26 in total. For this team it doesn’t really matter and they want to be the best as a team and not as an individual. Furthermore they have a lot of discipline; it will help as a boost for the team. Everyone will train hard to be selected, so in the end it is good for the whole team that there are many players and that they have a lot of discipline. They welcome everyone of the team and they like to see everyone being part of the team.

The goal of the week at Club La Santa was to keep fit or be better in a physical aspect, the team-concept played an important role as well, and the social mix of the group.
Their stay here improved the relationship within the team. “It is also good that there are no televisions or play stations, so they spend a lot of time together, i.e. 24 hours a day. They have prepared and improved their skills. Another goal was the lack of injuries, and luckily everyone is 100% fit.

Besides the specific training they did a lot of biking, which is also good for the physical aspect training and they were a lot in the swimming pool. Of course after all these extra activities they ate delicious food in one of our bars/ restaurants. “We really love your food and you have friendly staff too!” said Steve McNamara.”

They used both their and our equipment, which really helped them during this week.
“We really think Club La Santa is excellent, you have everything what we need.” On the scale of 1-10, Steve McNamara would give us an 8.

We wish the Bradford Bulls good luck!