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Message: [QUOTE="GCBRONCO, post: 2556873, member: 1808"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B][B]BRISBANE performance boss Alex Corvo, one of the coaches behind Melbourne Storm's decade of dominance, is on a mission to turn the Broncos into warhorses.[/B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/how-ill-turn-brisbane-broncos-into-warhorses-reveals-performance-boss-alex-corvo/story-e6freon6-1226811524646 Having noted the evolution of the NRL's superstars into 80-minute performers and Brisbane's sequence of second-half collapses last year, the Broncos' pre-season focus has been on preparing stayers.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Head coach Anthony Griffin and Corvo have made it painfully clear during conditioning sessions they are less concerned with size of players' biceps than they are in big-hearted finishers who can use their superior fitness to execute matchwinning plays.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]The emphasis, according to the head of performance, is on preparing combinations who can deliver repeat power efforts until the death.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"You don't want them just going through the motions. You want a group in those (last) five minutes who are capable of an extraordinary effort," Corvo said.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"If that effort's below your best it's probably not going to be a matchwinning one.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"More and more games are going to be in the balance up until the very end.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"The teams who win those close games, it's not a coincidence.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"They're the ones who are better prepared, better structured and have a plan for those minutes." [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"We look for backrowers capable of playing halves of footy, not needing to be interchanged.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"And there's an expectation, if you're a middle forward, of playing (at least) 20 minutes.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"If you're not capable of 20 minutes of high intensity footy you're a bit of a passenger.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"It means some one else has to play more minutes."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]The Broncos have been enduring more running and longer sessions over summer as they gallop towards next month's trials and the season-opener against the Bulldogs on March 7.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]There is, however, some comfort for the less athletic footballers in the squad.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"There's also room for pure footballers," Corvo said.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"If you recruited purely on physical capabilities, Cameron Smith, the best player in the competition, probably wouldn't be an NRL player[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]"If he was at the Magic Millions you probably wouldn't have bought him as a colt, but he has other qualities."[/FONT][/COLOR] [/SIZE][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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