“It’s Important, but It’s Not Everything”: Practitioners’ Use, Analysis and Perceptions of Fitness Testing in Academy Rugby League by Sam McCormack, Ben Jones, Sean Scantlebury, Dave Rotheram, Kevin Till

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Sprint and Jump Mechanical Profiles in Academy Rugby League Players: Positional Differences and the Associations between Profiles and Sprint Performance by Ben Nicholson, Alex Dinsdale, Ben Jones, Kevin Till

“…This cross-sectional study evaluated the sprint and jump mechanical profiles of male academy rugby league players, the differences between positions, and the associations between mechanical profiles and sprint performance. …”
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The field and resistance training loads of academy rugby league players during a pre-season: Comparisons across playing positions. by David Anthony Moore, Ben Jones, Jonathon Weakley, Sarah Whitehead, Kevin Till

“…Male academy rugby league players are required to undertake field and resistance training to develop the technical, tactical and physical qualities important for success in the sport. …”
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The Reliability of Neuromuscular and Perceptual Measures Used to Profile Recovery, and the Time-Course of Such Responses Following Academy Rugby League Match-Play by Hendrickus G. J. Aben, Samuel P. Hills, Darren Higgins, Carlton B. Cooke, Danielle Davis, Ben Jones, Mark Russell

“…In professional academy rugby league (RL) players, this two-part study examined; (A) the within- and between-day reliability of isometric mid-thigh pulls (IMTP), countermovement jumps (CMJ), and a wellness questionnaire (<i>n</i> = 11), and (B) profiled the responses with acceptable reliability (no between-trial differences and between-day coefficient of variation (CV) ≤10% and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) ≥0.8) for 120 h (baseline: −3, +24, +48, +72, +96, +120 h) following RL match-play (<i>n</i> = 10). …”
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A novel application of entropy analysis for assessing changes in movement variability during cumulative tackles in young elite rugby league players by Bruno Fernández-Valdés, Ben Jones, Sharief Hendricks, Dan Weaving, Carlos Ramirez-Lopez, Sarah Whitehead, Jacob González, Jose Gisbert-Orozco, Michela Trabucchi, Gerard Moras

“…Eleven elite adolescent male rugby league players volunteered to participate in this study (mean  ±  SD, age; 18.5 ± 0.5 years, height; 179.5 ± 5.0 cm, body mass; 88.3 ± 13.0 kg). …”
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A comparison of activity demands between trial matches and in-season matches across multiple teams and seasons in semi-professional, male rugby league players by Thomas Doering, Nathan Elsworthy, Dean Callaghan, Ben Jones, Masaru Teramoto, Aaron Scanlan

“…Trial matches are frequently used for team preparation in rugby league competitions, making it essential to understand the demands experienced to assess their specificity to actual competition. …”
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A case-control study of tackle based head impact event (HIE) risk factors from the first three seasons of the National Rugby League Women's competition by Shreya McLeod, Shreya McLeod, Ross Tucker, Ross Tucker, Suzi Edwards, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Georgia Page, Mily Spiegelhalter, Mily Spiegelhalter, Mily Spiegelhalter, Stephen W. West, Stephen W. West, Stephen W. West, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner

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Contributors to negative biopsychosocial health or performance outcomes in rugby players (CoNBO): a systematic review and Delphi study protocol by Keith A Stokes, Ben Jones, James Brown, Kevin Till, Sharief Hendricks, Stephen D Mellalieu, Andrew Gardner, Gemma Phillips, Stephen W West, Phil Davies, Matt Cross, Joshua Stein, Sean Scantlebury, Éanna C Falvey, Sam McCormack, Jessica Wenlock, Sarah Whitehead, Mark Bitcon, Sharron Flahive, Rich Johnston, James Parmley, Carlos Ramirez

“…Within rugby codes (rugby league, rugby union and rugby sevens), within male and female cohorts across playing levels (full-time senior, part-time senior, age grade), this project aims to develop a consensus on contributors to negative biopsychosocial outcomes in rugby players (known as the CoNBO study) and establish stakeholder perceived importance of the identified contributors and barriers to their management. …”
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