Te Aute have rearranged their timetable so health and fitness are compulsory from 8-9.15am before chapel.
Hawke's Bay Magpies trainer Grant Dearns and HBRFU development officer Jarvy Aoake have trained Te Aute.
Welshman and ex-British/NZ Army instructor Mark Clarke is also helping.
"They are respectful, committed and dedicated," Clarke says. "They are a pleasure to work with and a credit to the school."
There's just one snag - the boys don't have a coach.
Deputy principal Robin Fabish had approached an old boy at the end of last year but that had fallen thorough.
Mr Fabish has contacted several clubs and given the tree a shake but to no avail.
"The boys are hungry and training hard - they want to have an awesome season and they're doing the work now," he says.
