Hull KR set for military-style camp in pre-season to improve stamina and resilience
Most of the Rovers squad will return to training at the start of November
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Hull KR's players are set to do it tough in pre-season after Tony Smith ended any hopes of a warm-weather training camp.
That approach was favoured by his predecessor Tim Sheens but Smith has opted for a military-style camp.
The senior players will begin pre-season training on November 4, with new signing Jordan Abdull set to come back later after his involvement with the England Knights.
After a season that was blighted by chronic inconsistency and almost ended in disaster, Smith's squad can expect to be pushed to the limit in a bid to improve their stamina and resilience, as well as team spirit.
But for now the Australian has put pre-season plans on the back burner as he focuses all his energy on reshaping his squad.
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"I'm not sure yet but it won't be anywhere luxurious, that's for sure," Smith replied when asked where KR would be heading for their pre-season camp.
"It'll be tough graft, army and survival style. We've got to earn the right to get to somewhere sunny. I'm all for that because you get a whole heap of work done, but we're going to get a whole heap of work done anyway.
"It's not just fitness, it's some of that resilience. We need to be well bonded together and all on the same page. I think we need to do some tough stuff together so it helps us build that resilience and unity that you need to be a good team.
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"Warm weather training is expected in pre-season but I think we need to be aiming at other things. We need to sit down and figure out exactly what that is at some stage but I think we've got the essence of what we need to do.
"Our priority at the moment is to review the season and recruit for next season. That's pretty much taking up every hour of the day at the moment."
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