A team from The Sports Office was among the delegates at a recent University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) event which brought together leading professionals from both codes of rugby.

The UCLAN Rugby Research symposium was attended by coaches ,sport scientists, strength and conditioning professionals, medical staff, coach educators and elite players.

Sports Office MD Phil Clarke and Client Manager Carl Pomfret attended the one-day event which aimed to explore and discuss current research, relating to both Union and League and to identify future directions and trends.

“The Rugby Research symposium at UCLAN was a thought provoking and stimulating event”, commented Phil Clarke.

“As provider of performance management systems for professional rugby clubs and federations, the conference proved to be a tremendous opportunity for The Sports Office to keep up to date with some of the latest thinking and research in these areas”.

Clarke added: ”The symposium also provided a great chance to meet with a number of people who are directly involved in delivering high performance in elite rugby”.