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    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How do rugby players recover between games?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "By taking carbohydrate and protein in the window after a match or hard session, continuing good nutrition through the day, prioritising protein to repair collision damage, and completing the picture with rehydration and quality sleep. This manages rugby's high physical demands."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How much protein do rugby players need for recovery?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "A target of around 20 to 30 grams of protein alongside carbohydrate after a match or hard session is a useful guideline, with further protein spread across the day. This supports repair of the significant muscle damage rugby's collisions cause."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Why does rugby require so much recovery?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Rugby stacks matches, contact training and gym work close together, and its collisions cause more muscle damage than most sports. This large recovery task, repeated week after week, means recovery nutrition, hydration and sleep are central to sustained performance."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Does sleep matter for rugby recovery?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Yes, significantly. Sleep is the foundation on which nutritional recovery works, supporting every aspect of the process, and no amount of nutrition fully compensates for a lack of it. For players managing a demanding week, sleep is a genuine performance tool."
      }
    }
  ]
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