The secret's out. The primer that keeps the Wallabies alert and hyped up for those late-night internationals. Plenty of caffeine, says skipper George Gregan.
He reckons it improves performance by about 7 per cent - the boost that got Stirling Mortlock to Carlos Spencer's long pass in the World Cup semifinal perhaps?
Gregan, the owner of seven Sydney coffee shops, said many of the Wallabies take "No-Doz" tablets with the blessing of physiologists from the Australian Institute of Sport, after caffeine was taken off the banned list 18 months ago.
Wallabies credit caffeine with energy burst
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