The hard grind is about to pay off ! That was the message being broadcast by the England and Japan fitness gurus as they prepared their teams for a fitness ordeal by fire in the second round pool match in Nice.
Aled Walters, the England S&C coach who helped South Africa to get in shape to win the 2019 World Cup, revealed this week that while England looked as flat as a pancake in the warm-up tests, it was part of a master plan to get them to peak when it counts. Which means now.
Walters said he knew that the harsh regime he has put England through would lead to a dip, but that it was ess...