Australia coach Kevin Walters has revealed he will bring in a \u2018sleep specialist\u2019 to help his touring Kangaroos adjust to what he has labelled the \u2018worst flight possible\u2019 for their trip to England.<\/p>\n
The world champions travel to England next week, and land in London in the latter part of the week to give them a full week to prepare for the historic opening Ashes Test at Wembley Stadium later this month.<\/p>\n
But Walters has started early with a touch of somewhat predictable mind games, firing a shot at the Rugby Football League \u2013 who have disgracefully gone to the trouble of covering the Kangaroos\u2019 travelling costs AND ensured the players will travel business class for good measure too.<\/p>\n
However, Walters is not keen on the fact that their itinerary calls for them to arrive in London late in the evening \u2013 and has brought a guru in sleep into camp to help steel the players for the jet-lag they may encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe RFL (Rugby Football League), in their kindness, have given us the worst flight possible to be flying to England if you\u2019re a sports team,\u201d he told the Inside Ball podcast in Australia. \u201cIt couldn\u2019t have been worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have hired, without giving away too much information, a sleep specialist, who specialises in overseas travel and sporting teams and making sure they get the best available preparation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to adjust quickly. Before we go it\u2019ll start. Little things like sleeping tablets and trying to adjust to arriving. We arrive in London at 8:15pm. We don\u2019t want them going to sleep at 8pm because they\u2019ll be awake at 4am.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walters did, however, insist he didn\u2019t want to dwell on it too much after also revealing that the players will be in business class for the whole trip.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cWe don\u2019t need to get stuck into it too much. They\u2019re good flights and the players are flying business class. They managed to find me a seat at the front of the plane. It\u2019s very important we get that part of the trip right.\u201d<\/p>\n
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