Here's a comprehensive forum thread from planetrugby.com about fitness: . I'm a scrummie, as well, 5'6" and about 170; I've been using this weights routine after coming back to rugby after a 14-year absence, which is very simple but as taxing as you make it: And here's the webpage that referred me to the above routine; it's a good read, straightforward and helpful: ://www.liamrosen.com/fitness.html If you search around these boards, there have been similar questions, and another answerer had posted the link to a workout used by the UC Berkeley rugby team..***:D