HSBC Sport | Brian O’Driscoll in Extreme ‘Death Zone’ Training with England Sevens

Across the 2017/18 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, we are exploring the anatomy of a Rugby Sevens player, some of the most impressive athletes in world sport, by examining the importance of Body, Mind and Soul. In this film, Brian O’Driscoll proves just what it takes to prepare a body for the gruelling test of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
The ‘Death Zone’ pre-season training session undertaken by England Sevens is one of the most brutal training regimes in sport. Brian O’Driscoll put his rugby boots on for the first time since retirement to experience first-hand how Rugby Sevens players prepare themselves for the punishing physical challenge of a HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Game.
The ‘Death Zone’, a title borrowed from a term climbers use to describe the altitude at which breathing is almost impossible and even the simplest of tasks become impossible to complete, is a session designed to force the players to make decisions and perform skills in game situations whilst under extreme fatigue. The session is used by the England Sevens team to put their body under the extreme stress that it will experience during a game of Rugby Sevens.
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[@DKP4]

I wanted a 'Death Zone'. I got a 6-minute corporate presentation.

[@irishmiddle]

Yeah I couldn't even count how many times he said HSBC!

[@88Eoghan]

He doesn't say it at all though!

[@irishmiddle]

88Eoghan you're a few planks short of a bridge aren't you fella

[@nickybutt9733]

BRAND O"Driscoll loves HSBC

[@syedrizvi539]

You're like the Bear Grylls of Discovering Rugby.

[@con163]

Hands down the best player to wear an English rose :’)

[@davemurphyNo1]

Amy won't like that!

[@martinfoster5763]

Slightly biased I think Connor!

[@cocricklewood4441]

Martin Foster but true! 🇮🇪

[@adelinelandry7044]

03:07 05:50 02:45

[@homeward34]

Difference is 7s player will always be nobodys. No ruck. No contest. 15 anyday. You were at greatness thats the difference to these young guns

[@ahahahah1827]

Peter Crosbie i dont think you have watched 7s, they scrum and ruck...

[@homeward34]

Ahah Ahah i dont doubt it but 7s players will never be household players. Ask most people to name 5 rugby union players playing the 15s game no prob. Ask them to name 5 great 7s players. Nah.

[@ahahahah1827]

Peter Crosbie rieko and akira ioane?

[@homeward34]

Ahah Ahah let me guess you are a kiwi. Both players u mention have made a name at 15s also .Secondly as i already said give me 5 players that only play 7s who most people can name. Forget it.

[@ahahahah1827]

Peter Crosbie im english actually and they made their name in 7s

[@mauricemunoz242]

That dark place.... Come on give me a break...it's sport, hard training but sport non the less....!!!! Is not the special forces mate. It sounded like a speech from lone survivor....!!! Get over it BOD and get over yourself....!!!!

[@lorettaheideman196]

04:21 03:41 01:42