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Message: [QUOTE="GCBRONCO, post: 2553909, member: 1808"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B][B][url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/brutal-preseason-training-breaks-exhausted-brisbane-broncos-side/story-fniabm4i-1226794433464]No Cookies | The Courier-Mail[/url] IT IS the Broncos' first training session of the year, the temperature has reached 32 degrees, the players have been running for 90 minutes and Ben Barba just threw up.[/B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Welcome to the brutal Broncos regime designed by new chief conditioner Alex Corvo.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]The key tenant is more running and longer sessions.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]A major departure from the short and sharp workouts of past seasons.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]The club is confident the contrast is one of several changes that will resurrect their failing fortunes and return the proud club to the top four.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Friday's two hour session at Purtell Park caused multiple players to dry reach or throw up water their body rejected.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]New recruit Stewart Mills fainted from exhaustion and had to be helped from the field while rookie centre Jordan Drew injured his calf muscle and was carried off the ground. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Corvo has been recruited from the Melbourne Storm where he was responsible for transforming Greg Inglis from an 88kg rake to 104kg monster.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Corvo, who once coached Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup, replaced long-term trainer Tony Guilfoyle who was let go following the Broncos disastrous 2013 when they finished 12th.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Last season the Broncos ranked second last for tries scored in the second half, ahead of only the lowly Parramatta Eels.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]When trailing at half-time they managed to win just two of ten games.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Their fade-outs prompted ex-captain Gordon Tallis to tear the team's conditioning apart. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"For the first time ever, we look unfit," Tallis said on Fox Sports late last season.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"I think the Broncos are getting over-run in the last 20 minutes.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"That's never happened before. We were always match-hardened."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Enter Corvo, who was praised by coach Anthony Griffin yesterday as implementing a challenging change.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"It was really tough on the guys today," Griffin said.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"It was a real challenge for them to get through but most of them got through it well in the end.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"It was a similar session to what we were doing before Christmas but the conditions are what made it such a tough day. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"We trained extremely hard last year though but with Alex Corvo coming in it has been a different type of training.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"Alex and Steve Hooper have brought in a different type of program. It is a longer program than what we have done in the past metres wise and that has been a real challenge for the players.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"There's a strong work ethic and enthusiasm about how we are going about our business."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Griffin said Mills, recruited from Cronulla, was just struggling to adapt to Brisbane's humidity.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"Yeah, the poor bugger, he was just dehydrated and he fainted but we got some Powerade through to him and he's fine."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Centre Jack Reed said described yesterday morning's workout was one of the toughest sessions he had experienced. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"It was a real eye opener that's for sure. That's the start of what we should expect all the time," he said.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"He's intense and knows how to get teams ready for finals and it's a good change up."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]The club's four World Cup players will return on the 13th while Ben Hannant (calf injury) and Jordan Kahu (personal reasons) missed Friday's session.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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