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The Perceptions of Elite Professional Rugby League Players and Staff on the National Rugby League Annual Calendar: A Mixed-Methods Study
Published 2023-06-01“…Four hundred and thirty-nine elite rugby league players and 46 staff completed the survey. …”
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Playing Disability Rugby League with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: A Case Study
Published 2023-01-01“…Reports of CMT patients participating in team-based sports such as disability rugby league are scarce. The objective of this case report was to evaluate the benefits of participation in disability rugby league in a 50-year-old male with CMT. …”
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Periodisation of Eccentrically-Integrated Resistance Training during a National Rugby League Pre-Season
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Quantification of Head Acceleration Events in Rugby League: An Instrumented Mouthguard and Video Analysis Pilot Study
Published 2022-01-01“…Instrumented mouthguards (iMG) were used to collect head acceleration events (HAE) in men’s professional rugby league matches. Peak linear acceleration (PLA), peak angular acceleration (PAA) and peak change in angular velocity (ΔPAV) were collected using custom-fit iMG set with a 5 g single iMG-axis recording threshold. iMG were fitted to ten male Super League players for thirty-one player matches. …”
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Force Plate-Derived Countermovement Jump Normative Data and Benchmarks for Professional Rugby League Players
Published 2022-11-01“…The countermovement jump (CMJ) is an important test in rugby league (RL), and the force plate is the recommended assessment device, as it permits the calculation of several variables that explain jump strategy, alongside jump height. …”
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“It’s Important, but It’s Not Everything”: Practitioners’ Use, Analysis and Perceptions of Fitness Testing in Academy Rugby League
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Temporal associations between individual changes in hormones, training motivation and physical performance in elite and non-elite trained men
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Sprint and Jump Mechanical Profiles in Academy Rugby League Players: Positional Differences and the Associations between Profiles and Sprint Performance
Published 2021-06-01“…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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Measurement of lower-limb asymmetry in professional rugby league: a technical note describing the use of inertial measurement units
Published 2020-06-01“…Methods Four professional rugby league players (Age: 23.4 ± 3.1 years; Height: 1.89 ± 0.05 m; Mass: 107.0 ± 12.9 kg) wore two accelerometers, one attached to each foot by the boot laces, during match simulations. …”
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The Professional Rugby Experience in England and Italy
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The field and resistance training loads of academy rugby league players during a pre-season: Comparisons across playing positions.
Published 2022-01-01“…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
Published 2020-05-01“…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
Published 2022-02-01“…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
Published 2023-07-01“…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 Comparison of PlayerLoad<sup>TM</sup> and Heart Rate during Backwards and Forwards Locomotion during Intermittent Exercise in Rugby League Players
Published 2021-01-01“…Semi-professional, male rugby league players (<i>n</i> = 29) completed the same exercise protocol on two occasions in backward and forward directions. …”
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What Tests are Used to Assess the Physical Qualities of Male, Adolescent Rugby League Players? A Systematic Review of Testing Protocols and Reported Data Across Adolescent Age Groups
Published 2023-11-01“…Abstract Background Understanding the physical qualities of male, adolescent rugby league players across age groups is essential for practitioners to manage long-term player development. …”
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Reconceptualising knowledge in the athlete–coach learning system: a mixed-method case study of harnessing bi-directional self-organising tendencies with a national wheelchair rugby league team
Published 2023-10-01“…Specifically, we investigated how bi-directional self-organising (coordination) tendencies (coach and athlete-led) can be exploited to facilitate the formation of attacking synergies within the team sport of wheelchair rugby league. A mixed-method case study approach was employed to collect data, involving semi-structured interviews, reflexive observations and field notes, and notational analysis. …”
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