Wales’ RWC Preparation:
- The Wales training squad are currently in week two of their initial preparation at the state-of-the-art WRU National Centre of Excellence at the Vale Resort
- The squad will head to Switzerland for 15 days on July 1 for their first training camp in Fiesch. The squad will base themselves at 2250m for an intensive block of training, working to a stimulus of living at high altitude whilst training at low altitude.
- Further punishing training will be undertaken later that month in the heat of Qatar with the squad spending nine days in Doha. Under the guidance of the Aspetar Sports Hospital and training at the world-renowned Aspire Sports Centre, the squad will be pushed in extreme heat that can exceed 40 degrees. The heat training will be combined with altitude methods once again with the players sleeping in hypoxic chambers that can replicate up to 4500m above sea level.
- The first of Wales’ warm-up fixtures will take place on Saturday August 8, with the Dove Men Test between Wales and Ireland.
- The squad will travel to North Wales for a training camp in Parc Eirias following the opening warm-up game.
- Final training camp will take place in Poland as the squad return to Spala for a week.
- Wales will then travel to Ireland for the return fixture against Joe Schmidt’s side on Saturday August 29th.
- Wales’ 31-man RWC squad will be announced on August 31st
- Wales face Italy in the final Dove Men Test on Saturday September 5th.
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