Before the Blues headed away for the Christmas break, they finished off their final day with a brutal training session on the sand dunes of Bethells Beach.

You’ve seen some gruelling training sessions during the Blues’ pre-season so far, but this one would have to be the toughest. Sprints….(and a lizard crawl!) up One Tree Hill.

?The Blues capped off their first week of pre-season training with a session at Crossfit New Zealand in Mt Wellington.

The Blues went old school last week, running plenty of Hennie Mullers as part of their pre-season training.

The Blues visited Ludus Magnus gym for a gut-busting workout on day 3 of their pre-season training.

The Blues wasted no time ripping into training on day 1 of their pre-season, performing a yo-yo test at their training base at Unitec.