England’s Six Nations campaign may have ended with more questions than answers but there is one area in which their standards did not slip. If you are a social media user, the chances are that at some point you will have stumbled across a behind-the-scenes clip from camp showing Steve Borthwick’s squad tucking in to a veritable feast, hearty and healthy fare on offer wherever they go across the campaign.
It is no surprise that rugby players like their food but the broad and brilliant array forms a performance purpose, too. For elite athletes, fuelling is of vital importance to maintain muscle and ensure full fitness in one’s chosen craft. In rugby, with its bone-on-bone collisions and intense activity under extreme stress, that is all the more important.
