Dave Dennis undergoes US training program to boost World Cup hopes
INJURED Waratahs captain Dave Dennis is embarking on a gruelling training program in San Francisco in a bid to convert himself into a lock to boost his World Cup hopes.
Dennis, whose season was cruelly halted after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the Super Rugby semi-final, has hit the west coast of the US to train at the Sparta Science headquarters during his holidays.
Leaving behind partner Mo’onia Gerrard and their first child Francis, born just six weeks ago, Dennis is training for four hours a day and living solo in a cottage for two weeks as he prepares to make the most significant change of his career.
Since entering the professional system, Dennis has developed as a backrower and played only two of his 18 Tests for Australia as a lock.
But with a shortage of second-rowers and lineout specialists in the Wallabies following the departures of Kane Douglas, Sitaleki Timani and Ben Mowen, Dennis sees an opportunity to break into Australia’s World Cup squad next year in the second row.
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