The ball in play demands of international rugby union
Initiatives
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Rugby union is a high intensity intermittent sport, typically analysed via set time periods or rolling average methods. This study reports the demands of international rugby union via global positioning system (GPS) metrics expressed as mean ball in play (BiP), maximum BiP (max BiP), and whole match outputs.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2016
- Funding
- No funding was provided.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Pollard BT, Turner AN, Eager R, et al. The ball in play demands of international rugby union. J Sci Med Sport. 2018;21(10):1090‐1094. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2018.02.015
PUBMED 29559318
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 22
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
international rugby players
Single cohort cross sectional study involving 22 international players, categorised as forwards and backs.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 22
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
A total of 88 GPS files from eight international test matches were collected during 2016. An Opta sportscode timeline was integrated into the GPS software to split the data into BiP periods. Metres per min (m min−1), high metabolic load per min (HML), accelerations per min (Acc), high speed running per min (HSR), and collisions per min (Coll) were expressed relative to BiP periods and over the whole match (>60 min).
- Start Date
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2016
- End Date
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2016
- Data sources
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Geospatial technology
- Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) (e.g. GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, etc.)
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Geospatial technology