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Guy Thompson - Going From National Leagues to the Premiership & Heineken Cup - Rugby Muscle Podcast

• Rugby Muscle: Gym, Training, Diet and Strength and Conditioning • Season 4 • Episode 216

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Guy Thompson has had one of the most interesting Pro Rugby Careers you will find. A unique, versatile back row who now plays with Ealing Trailfinders after spending 7 years in the Premiership with Wasps and Leicester Tigers.
Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast goes into the career of Thompson and highlights many things that gets looked over by those seeking a career in the sport. Enjoy.

2:32 How much are you looking forward to this opportunity with Ealing?
5:33 Talk me through your time climbing the ladder of English Rugby 1 by 1. To me, it's by far the coolest part of your career and barely mentioned. How did you find the yearly transition?
30:20  Which league had the biggest jump in standard and how did you manage that?
34:22  Man of the Match against Toulon
39:35 Do you think that shaped you for your career that was to come?
46:26 You're not the biggest 8, but it works - what do you attribute that to?



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