{"id":103510,"date":"2023-12-20T19:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/?p=103510"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:43","slug":"bath-and-england-prop-will-stuart-is-enjoying-the-feel-good-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/rugby\/bath-and-england-prop-will-stuart-is-enjoying-the-feel-good-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath and England prop Will Stuart is enjoying the feel-good factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Will Stuart has ditched nights out, slept on the floor and taped his mouth shut to maximise performance&#8230; and now the Bath and England prop is enjoying the feel-good factor<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prop Will Stuart aims to continue his upward curve with Bath and England<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The prop was part of the England squad which finished third at the World Cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Feel-good factor back with Johann van Graan&#8217;s Bath joint top of the Premiership\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The brutal reality of what it takes to play professional rugby today means post-match nights out are now mostly a thing of the past for those who operate in the front row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But for Will Stuart the physical demands placed on him and the subsequent pain is all worth it as the prop forward looks to continue his upward curve with ambitious Bath and England going into 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Post-games are a write-off. I can\u2019t sleep so I am usually tucked up with a drip-feed of tea and binge watching Netflix. That\u2019s pretty much it on a Saturday night,\u2019 Stuart said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My girlfriend has moved in with me recently and has chosen a new mattress. It\u2019s a bit too soft for me so I have spent a few nights on the floor tucked up in a duvet.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stuart\u2019s post-match recovery might not be the most glamorous, but so far this season it has been accompanied by a winning feeling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/17\/79180697-0-image-a-10_1703093299699.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prop Will Stuart aims to continue his upward curve with ambitious Bath and England<\/p>\n<p>His Bath side is flying high both domestically and in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>After years of criminal underachievement for a club of their heritage and resources, Bath are joint top of the Premiership and have won both their opening Champions Cup matches.<\/p>\n<p>At long last there is a feel-good factor back at The Rec with Johann van Graan in charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have had a few dreadful years so for me to be transitioning through some bad times to feeling like we are actually competitive and potentially pushing on to do good things is a massive thing for me,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stuart, 27, said. \u2018It is hugely encouraging. It took me about a month to realise what Johann is all about and how impressive he is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had an injury-ravaged start last year and quite a lot of close games but towards the end of the year we started to get results and be quite dominant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It felt different to the years before where we were losing games. I was pretty dejected about things \u2013 in professional sport losing is pretty infectious. You start losing faith.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/17\/79182393-0-image-a-19_1703094931179.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stuart was a part of the England squad which finished third at this year\u2019s World Cup<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Most of the players were very confident that what Johann wanted was going to be successful in the Premiership. It just takes time with a new coach coming in.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stuart has previously admitted to taping his mouth shut during the night to improve the benefits of nocturnal rest and maximise his recovery from matches.<\/p>\n<p>He was a part of the England squad which finished third at this year\u2019s World Cup after recovering from a nasty broken elbow suffered against South Africa at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart was a back-up figure to Dan Cole and Kyle Sinckler at tighthead in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The World Cup was a missed opportunity for me,\u2019 he admitted. \u2018I played in the warm-up games and some of the group games and then missed out for the quarter-final and semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had a chance to make the shirt my own. That\u2019s something that\u2019s very frustrating and a massive motivator. Coming back here (Bath) and being part of a team that\u2019s doing well helps.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve had three to four years with Bath and England where we\u2019ve been sub-par. I want to be part of a team that is winning. That\u2019s my main goal career-wise.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stuart is part of a Bath pack now finally able to mix it with the best in the Premiership and Europe and give a platform on which red-hot backs Finn Russell and Ollie Lawrence can thrive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/17\/79180897-0-image-a-12_1703093420690.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stuart has an opportunity with retirement of Dan Cole, who quit Test rugby at 36<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/18\/79183629-12886779-image-a-4_1703096421768.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Sinckler is set\u00a0set to be ineligible from the summer onwards with a move to Toulon likely<\/p>\n<p>Going into the New Year, Stuart also has an opportunity with England.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, 36, has retired from Test rugby and Sinckler looks set to be ineligible from the summer onwards with a move to Toulon likely.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart is also out of contract at the end of this season but wants to stay with Bath. His team face a mouthwatering home Christmas clash with Harlequins on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are going through the contractual stuff at the moment,\u2019 Stuart said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But if we could win silverware with Bath it would mean the world having finished bottom of the league after a loss against Worcester two years ago. That\u2019s something I really want to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That would make it all the sweeter. If I am part of a winning team and I am playing well, then I think everything takes care of itself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stuart admitted staying available for England is paramount to his ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>English rugby\u2019s controversial selection ruling means players who represent clubs abroad can\u2019t play for Steve Borthwick\u2019s national side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/17\/79181895-0-image-a-13_1703094064122.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There is a feel-good factor back with Johann van Graan&#8217;s side flying high in the Premiership<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/18\/79183649-12886779-image-a-5_1703096524788.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scotland star fly-half Finn Russell has been in sparkling form for Bath this season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henry Arundell, who was of interest to Bath, has become the latest victim after extending his stay with French side Racing 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If my career ended today I\u2019d be able to say I achieved a little bit. I\u2019ve had a few caps for England and a few for Bath,\u2019 Stuart said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In terms of what I want to achieve, the first part is being part of a winning team, a Premiership-winning team. To do that with Bath would be really special for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you do that then it puts you on the front foot to really try and claim a shirt in the England team.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12886779\/Will-Stuart-ditched-nights-slept-floor-taped-mouth-shut-maximise-performance-Bath-England-prop-enjoying-feel-good-factor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Stuart has ditched nights out, slept on the floor and taped his mouth shut to maximise performance&#8230; and now the Bath and England prop is enjoying the feel-good factor Prop Will Stuart aims to continue his upward curve with Bath and England The prop was part of the England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bath and England prop Will Stuart is enjoying the feel-good factor - crossfitsugarland.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/rugby\/bath-and-england-prop-will-stuart-is-enjoying-the-feel-good-factor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bath and England prop Will Stuart is enjoying the feel-good factor - crossfitsugarland.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Will Stuart has ditched nights out, slept on the floor and taped his mouth shut to maximise performance&#8230; 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