SPORTS science has progressed to a level even NASA might struggle to comprehend.Teams employ any method they can to get an advantage, so the strange is becoming the norm these days — just look at Manly having a jar of pickles on their bench against the Eels on Thursday night because pickle juice is a great anti-cramping medicine.
We don’t really know what was going on inside the Broncos’ dressing room before they took to the field against the Knights on Saturday evening, all we do know is that is was a very strange sight.
Some players were drinking water or topping up their electrolytes with a cup of Gatorade, and some were getting final adjustments made to their strapping before heading up the tunnel. But some were doing something completely different.
Josh McGuire, Corey Oates and Sam Thaiday were a few of the players who went to a Brisbane trainer with a certain substance in his hand, before they proceeded to put this substance in their mouths. It looked as though they used a couple of fingers to spread it around the inside of their cheeks and throat.
Then, they gagged and dry-retched.
Dressing room cameras captured the bizarre pre-match preparation, baffling many viewers who were left asking the same question on Twitter.
