Exiles pursue Wexford fitness boost

LONDON IRISH will spend a seven- day training camp in Co Wexford as they bid for domestic and European rugby honours.

The London side face a demanding end to their season, with 11 Guinness Premiership fixtures, including home match hes with Leicester Tigers, London Wasps and Bristol, along with a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Perpignan on April 5.

Captain and Irish international Bob Casey is leading a panel of 24 players on the seven-day camp at the new facility in Whites Hotel in the town.

Over the past year the hotel has invested in the new facilities which include a cryotherapy chamber, a two-metre swimming pool and a gymnasium.

Previously, London Irish, like the Ireland rugby team, has used such facilities at Spala in Poland.

Allan Ryan, the club’s head of strength and conditioning said “Our aim is to get the players into the best possible shape for the challenges of the second half of the season. The excellent training facilities at White’s include a new cryotherapy chamber so there is no need to travel to Eastern Europe.”