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1 Introduction Rugby union is a collision team sport played by two teams over two 40-min halves Players are required to perform intermittent low to high intensity activity including static efforts, collisions, walking, jogging, and sprinting in a game (1, 2)
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In particular, the high incidences of the tackle (221 0 events game) and ruck (142 5 events game) highlighted the importance of these phases of play in the current professional game and confirmed the observation by Eaves and Hughes in 2003 that the incidence of rucks in rugby union had been increasing since 1988 (1988 92: 62 4 events game; 1993
- Rugby Game-Related Statistics that Discriminate Between . . .
Introduction Match analysis in Rugby is often used to evaluate and monitor team and individual performances The game of Rugby is complex and chaotic, with circumstances changing from game to game, even from phase to phase, due to many varying conditions, including the weather, the strategies and tactics, the available personnel or the standing in the competition
- Competition Nutrition Practices of Elite Male Professional . . .
Professional rugby players are exposed to considerable training loads in season, resulting in substantial energy outputs [7,8,9], glycogen utilisation [10,11], exercise-induced muscle damage from training and game-play, and extensive impact-induced muscle damage, particularly from collisions during game-play [5,6,12,13,14,15]
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The Six Nations is back under way after a fallow week in the competition A lot has happened in that time, too Wales have decided to part ways by mutual agreement with Warren Gatland, and
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This year's tournament begins on August 10 and runs through September 28; here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the 2024 Rugby Championship, including the complete game schedule
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10–20: 12: 2: Rugby + linear periodisation RT: Electronic timing system: Moderate and small decreases in 10 and 20 m sprint times (linear); small but significant decreases in both distances (undulated) Control group only showed a small decrease in 10 m sprint: 8 academy: 17 ± 1 1: 181 3 ± 7: 82 4 ± 12 6: 10–20: 12: 2: Rugby + undulating
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Momentum increases with age in academy rugby union players (under 16, under 18 and under 21) to a peak of 810±93 kg⋅m s in the older group 10 32 33 There is also an indication that momentum may have been used as a metric for talent identification; rugby league youth academy players who become professional players have (along with other
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