I do know RL pretty well and have, debatably a bit of common sense as well.

and i know sport very well!

And having been on many many winter warm weather camps, i can vouch for them.
For example, i play hockey, and often we would fly to South Africa or Malaysia to train for 2 weeks, just after boxing day!

Those 2 weeks of uninterupted stick and ball training, the ability to complete numerous 10 x 400m sessions, the ability to know i personally could practise, perfect and hone a set of skills which would have been otherwise impossible in the howling wind and ice cold of Bisham Abbey or Lilleshall meant i arrived back full in the knowledge that if i had stayed in the UK or mainland Europe with the sqaud - we would have not have performed as well as we did in SA or Malaysia.

Also, the fact that we were training in heat and humidity would put our body under greater stresses, meaning our conditioning was far more improved when we arrived back!

So thats 2 weeks of uninterupted, near perfect conditions for techicanl skills.

Thats 2 weeks of undistracted focus away from other 'factors', meaning we focussed on why we were there!

2 weeks of physical training under far more testing conditions than 'Boothferry Hill' or 'Recca'

2 weeks of work making feel confident in my own abilities, as opposed to be slightly unsure.

And as you said in your post "As I said earlier, name me one thing essenital to playing Rugby League that can't be done within the UK."

.....no one is saying they cant be done in the UK, they are just done better and with more benefit when done in better conditions! And in a game where teams play till the 82nd minute, every small percentage factor is crucial. And if that percentage factor means your winger spends 2 weeks on the Algarve practising catching precision placed high kicks, as opposed to spending 2 weeks in Brantingham in the wet weather - then i know where i'd want my winger to train!

Oh, and as for running up Boothferry Hill - thats a pussy run! Done it many a time, get on the path behind lower school up towards Ttranby Croft - thats a proper training run!

Erm, Im not sure but maybe its because you simply support Rovers !!!

because of the sheer weight of evidence!

Know thy place.

Cos it'll teach you to come onto our boards and comment!
Im only treating you the same way you treat a HFC fan when they comment on the =#FF0000HKR boards.

=#FF0000Edited. Cut it out or you can take a break from posting.

K

Pah, the lucky few who are tolerated by the dulux kid!