LENGTH OF A RUGBY CAREER
SOCCER PLAYERS USUALLY LAST LONGER How long can a man continue in fil'st-class Rugby? A well-known player to whom the question was put answered in this way: “Up to the age of -3 or 24 you do not need any special training. At that age you ought always to be fit provided you do not Play the fool. In each succeeding year you want more and rnoro training, and everythin.: (-opoiuis on whether you van get it. By the age of 2S I should say that most men are beginning to slow down. But liow long you continue depends to a very large extent on your occupation and tlio life you The player’s career in Soccer Is, of ‘'•ourse. I..!:-- sijs an English writer. The first sign of slowing down may not come much before 30, and first- • Tass form can be maintained definitely nntil after this o. Indeed, few men reach the highest peak of their value to a team until they are about 25.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 9
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171LENGTH OF A RUGBY CAREER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 9
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