Diets

“He’s eating four steaks a night” – Ireland stars dish dirt on teammates and reveal weirdest rugby diets

“He loves the Liver King, yeah!” When it comes to some of the strangest rugby diets out there, some Irish players are getting creative to rival their peers across the globe. While Fijian Leone Nakarawa may tip along with coffee, cakes and jam on baguettes and South African winger Seabelo Senatla ‘will even eat a […]

3 years ago

How Irish rugby players eat before a big game

“He was putting steaks and napkins in his fleece pocket to save them for later!” Rugby has changed dramatically since the game went from amateur to psuedo-professional and, now, fully professional. The professional rugby diet have changed massively too. In the early days, players would get a big feed of chicken and pasta into them […]

4 years ago

Sean O’Brien and Alex Goode on the pre-match meals they swear by

“There was a story where a lad was supposed to have had 10 pints of Guinness before an All-Ireland Final!” Sean O’Brien was happy to see Tyson Fury’s ‘two pints before my fight’ story and raise it with a tale of the Offaly hurlers. Fury claimed in a chat with JOE’s Alex Roberts that he […]

4 years ago

The high protein GAA diet that will have you fighting fit for the summer

Diets

“He’s eating four steaks a night” – Ireland stars dish dirt on teammates and reveal weirdest rugby diets

How Irish rugby players eat before a big game

Sean O’Brien and Alex Goode on the pre-match meals they swear by

The high protein GAA diet that will have you fighting fit for the summer

The daily diet of Munster and Ireland’s Chris Farrell

Top rugby nutritionist tells us just what players CAN and CAN’T eat on Christmas Day