Developing players for athlete leadership groups in professional football teams: Qualitative insights from head coaches and athlete leaders. by Gina Haddad, Donna O'Connor

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 head coaches and 14 players from leadership groups drawn from 17 teams across four professional football leagues (i.e., Super Rugby, National Rugby League, A League and Australian Football League) in Australia and New Zealand. …”
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The contributing external load factors to internal load during small-sided games in professional rugby union players by Marco Zanin, Marco Zanin, Adelchi Azzalini, Jayamini Ranaweera, Jayamini Ranaweera, Dan Weaving, Joshua Darrall-Jones, Gregory Roe, Gregory Roe

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Tendon and Ligament Injuries in Elite Rugby: The Potential Genetic Influence by Jon Brazier, Mark Antrobus, Georgina K. Stebbings, Stephen H. Day, Shane M. Heffernan, Matthew J. Cross, Alun G. Williams

“…This article reviews tendon and ligament injury incidence and severity within elite rugby union and rugby league. Furthermore, it discusses the biological makeup of tendons and ligaments and how genetic variation may influence this and predisposition to injury. …”
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A comparison of three different work to rest periods during intermittent sprint training on maintaining sprint effort performance by Timothy Rogers, Nicholas Gill, Christopher M. Beaven

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Identifying the Current State and Improvement Opportunities in the Information Flows Necessary to Manage Professional Athletes: A Case Study in Rugby Union by Jayamini Ranaweera, Jayamini Ranaweera, Dan Weaving, Dan Weaving, Marco Zanin, Marco Zanin, Gregory Roe, Gregory Roe

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Can counter-advertising exposing alcohol sponsorship and harms influence sport spectators’ support for alcohol policies? An experimental study by Maree Scully, Helen Dixon, Emily Brennan, Jeff Niederdeppe, Kerry O’Brien, Simone Pettigrew, Brian Vandenberg, Melanie Wakefield

“…Methods A sample of 1,075 Australian adults aged 18–49 years who planned to watch an National Rugby League (NRL) State of Origin series game, featuring prominent alcohol sponsorship, was recruited through an online panel and randomly assigned to one of three conditions: control (neutral advertisement); counter-advertisement exposing alcohol harms; counter-advertisement exposing alcohol sponsorship and harms. …”
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Genetic Factors That Could Affect Concussion Risk in Elite Rugby by Mark R. Antrobus, Jon Brazier, Georgina K. Stebbings, Stephen H. Day, Shane M. Heffernan, Liam P. Kilduff, Robert M. Erskine, Alun G. Williams

“…Elite rugby league and union have some of the highest reported rates of concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) in professional sport due in part to their full-contact high-velocity collision-based nature. …”
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Alcohol and fast food sponsorship in sporting clubs with junior teams participating in the ‘Good Sports’ program: a cross‐sectional study by Sharleen Gonzalez, Melanie Kingsland, Alix Hall, Tara Clinton‐McHarg, Christophe Lecathelinais, Nadya Zukowski, Sharin Milner, Shauna Sherker, Ben Rogers, Christopher Doran, Daisy Brooke, John Wiggers, Luke Wolfenden

“…In multivariate analyses, the odds of alcohol sponsorship among rugby league clubs was 7.4 (95%CI: 1.8–31.0, p=<0.006) that of AFL clubs, and clubs located in regional areas were more likely than those in major cities to receive fast food industry sponsorship (OR= 9.1; 95%CI: 1.0–84.0, p=0.05). …”
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An examination of social media use in New Zealand’s men’s and women’s rugby team by Wee, Bevie Shi Yi

“…This has been shown by the strength of the local rugby league which is more popular than any other sporting leagues in the country. …”
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Long-Haul Northeast Travel Disrupts Sleep and Induces Perceived Fatigue in Endurance Athletes by Christopher J. Stevens, Christopher J. Stevens, Heidi R. Thornton, Heidi R. Thornton, Peter M. Fowler, Christopher Esh, Lee Taylor, Lee Taylor

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Concussion-Associated Polygenic Profiles of Elite Male Rugby Athletes by Mark R. Antrobus, Jon Brazier, Peter C. Callus, Adam J. Herbert, Georgina K. Stebbings, Praval Khanal, Stephen H. Day, Liam P. Kilduff, Mark A. Bennett, Robert M. Erskine, Stuart M. Raleigh, Malcolm Collins, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Shane M. Heffernan, Alun G. Williams

“…Due to the high-velocity collision-based nature of elite rugby league and union, the risk of sustaining a concussion is high. …”
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