London Wasps Rugby Club has installed a Versaclimber (pictured) and Versapulley exercise machine at its training ground in Acton.

The Guinness Premiership side are using them during the close season to keep players' fitness levels up in preparation for pre-season training.

Paul Cater, senior fitness coach and rehabilitation conditioner of London Wasps Rugby Club says: "The Versaclimber is an excellent tool for general fitness conditioning for our players and the Versapulley is invaluable during my training sessions.

The have both been valuable additions to our fitness programme and they players have definitely seen a difference from training on them."

In other news, London Irish and Leicester Tigers rugby clubs have also recently taken delivery of Versaclimber machines.