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Article: SRU creates a new role for former All Blacks fitness coach Lowe
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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THE SCOTTISH Rugby Union has turned to New Zealand for
inspiration to drive forward the Scottish game by appointing Graham
Lowe to the new position of director of performance rugby.
The 38-year-old Kiwi is a former national fitness advisor for the
New Zealand RFU and fitness, strength and conditioning coach to the
All Blacks, but comes to Murrayfield from the BMW Oracle Racing team
that competes in world-class yachting events, where he has been
physical performance manager for the past year.
The new position at the SRU was created after the Scottish Rugby
Board accepted widespread calls for a clearer rugby direction, and
while they have refrained from restoring the overall director of ...