Geezers, Injuries and Rugby

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This week’s episode sees us discuss the new world club rugby cup, some research on chest fairings, transitioning from rugby 15s to 7s, the hardest geezer and Team Visma-Lease a Bike’s ongoing crash headaches.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:14) Dave’s running and time at altitude

(02:45) Dave’s Berlin Half Marathon review

(05:15) Xylon’s pre for Two Oceans ultra marathon

(08:05) Community Shoutouts

(09:15) Jonas Vingegaard’s crash, injuries and what it means for the Tour de France

(16:57) What is cycling doing to help prevent crashes and are we seeing more than normal this year?

(20:45) Research on chest fairings and quantifying their improvement in performance

(25:08) Players transitioning from rugby 15s to rugby 7s

(29:01) The Hardest Geezer and some challenges he faced

(33:00) Announcement of the Rugby Club World Cup

(36:34) Scheduling issues for the Club World Cup and what it means for player safety

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Article on Vingegaard Crash

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2024/04/04/vingegaard-suffers-bad-crash-in-tour-of-the-basque-country-race_6667390_9.html

Article on Chest Fairings

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167610524000722

Article on the World Club Challenge

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/08/rugby-union-first-club-world-cup-june-2028

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