The DLSP 1st XV/2nd XV squad took part in the first pre-season training (Tuesday & Thursday @ 7.30 PM) session in preparation for the up-and-coming game away to Malone RFC on Saturday August 12th. Having finished third in the league last season, DLSP will play preseason friendlies against Malone (away) and Seapoint RFC (home), while also competing in the Spencer Cup pool games too. They will play four games throughout the summer in preparation for the league campaign and the ex-professional rugby player & head coach Anton O'Donnell believes the games, and time spent on the training field, are crucial both mentally and physically. Apart from the games during the season, its the most important thing and it has a big influence on the up-and-coming league campaign. You create a base for the whole year, he told dlspfc.ie. This game is a players game and the players game means they need to know what the other guy is thinking. You learn all of this in the pre-season. Of course you learn in the season, you fine-tune but the better the basis you can create, the better the season will be, 100 percent. I really love the training sessions. There should be a 100 percent difference between the first day of the pre-season and the last day of the season. We really want to see big, big progress.
