Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - An Update and Overview   by Rowena Mobbs

“…An exposure-response effect has been demonstrated in American football along with case reports in high profile sports including Australian rules football, rugby union, rugby league, soccer, and ice hockey. Despite intense media interest in the professional contact and collision sports in which CTE has been demonstrated, CTE has been increasingly identified in a wide array of amateur sporting and also non-sporting environments including military related blast trauma, assault, and falls in this heterogeneous condition. …”
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Kompetensi pengadil ragbi Malaysia by Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin, Mohd Khairudin Abdullah, Mohd Sobri Ismail

“…Soalselidik ini adalah diubahsuaikan daripada soal selidik Generic Competencies of Rugby Union Referee (2003) bagi mengenalpasti kompetensi generik yang diperlukan oleh pengadil ragbi untuk berjaya pada peringkat tertinggi dan bagi mengenalpasti kesediaan pengadil ragbi pula menggunakan soal selidik Australia Rugby Union Referee Competency Statement (2006) dansoalselidik Information· Technology Know/edge and Skills Diagnostic Tool (2003). …”
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If it feels right, do it: Intuitive decision making in a sample of high-level sport coaches by Dave eCollins, Dave eCollins, Loel eCollins, Howie J. Carson

“…Two contrasting groups of high-level coaches from adventure sports (n = 10) and rugby union (n = 8), were interviewed on their experiences of using intuitive and deliberative decision making styles, the source of these skills, and the interaction between the two. …”
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The Association Between Pitch Conditions and the Incidence of Injury in Rugby by Nyagetuba MJK, Saidi H, Githaiga J

“…Methods: The study was conducted on 364 registered Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) players throughout the 2010 15-aside season. …”
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The load-velocity relationship in the jump squat exercise by Irineu Loturco, Michael McGuigan, Lucas A. Pereira, Fernando Pareja-Blanco

“…The purpose of this study was to test the load-velocity relationship in the jump squat (JS) exercise using three different velocity parameters (mean velocity [MV], mean propulsive velocity [MPV], and peak velocity [PV]). Twenty-six male rugby union players (24.3 ± 3.9 years; 1.81 ± 0.09 m; 101.3 ± 15.4 kg) performed a progressive loading test in the JS with loads corresponding to 20, 40, 60, and 80% of the half-squat 1RM (equivalent to 24, 46, 70, and 94% of the estimated JS-1RM). …”
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The Reliability of Using a Laser Device to Assess Deceleration Ability by Jonty Ashton, Paul A. Jones

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the within- and between-session reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV), standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest detectable difference (SDD)) of using a laser Doppler device (LAVEG—LAser VElocity Guard) to quantify deceleration ability in 20 amateur rugby union players. Each player performed one familiarisation and two experimental sessions (seven days apart) consisting of three maximal 15 m sprints from a standing start, with an immediate deceleration to a complete stop upon hearing an audible cue at the 15 m mark. …”
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Predicting Athlete Workload in Women’s Rugby Sevens Using GNSS Sensor Data, Contact Count and Mass by Amarah Epp-Stobbe, Ming-Chang Tsai, Marc D. Klimstra

“…In soccer and men’s rugby, union acceleration/deceleration also influences load. …”
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A deep learning-based approach to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury using audio classification by Conor Wall, Dylan Powell, Fraser Young, Aaron J. Zynda, Sam Stuart, Tracey Covassin, Alan Godfrey

“…Here in this pilot study, we propose the extraction of Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) features from audio recordings of speech that were collected from athletes engaging in rugby union who were diagnosed with an mTBI or not. …”
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Knowledge of, and Attitudes Toward, Concussion in Japanese Male Collegiate Athletes by Keita Suzuki, Takashi Imamoto, Satoshi Nagai, Masahiro Takemura

“…An online questionnaire was administered to 390 collegiate athletes participating in the following five sports with a high incidence of concussion: rugby union, soccer, basketball, American football, and judo. …”
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Morphological characteristics, assessment of hypermobility and pain threshold of rugby players by Joanna Trubiłko, Piotr Kolano, Elżbieta Sieńko-Awierianów, Monika Chudecka

“…Rugby 7s with 7 players in a team was derived from the classical Rugby Union with 15 players. A team of rugby 7s consists of scrum and offensive formations. …”
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Happy Birthday? Relative Age Benefits and Decrements on the Rocky Road by Neil McCarthy, Jamie Taylor, Andrew Cruickshank, Dave Collins

“…This paper aimed to investigate (a) the lived experience of relative age in talent development (TD) systems, (b) compare the experience of early and late born players, and (c) explore mechanisms influencing individual experiences. (2) Methods: interviews were conducted with a cohort of near elite and elite rugby union players. Data were subsequently analysed using reflexive thematic analysis and findings considered in light of eventual career status. (3) Results: challenge was an ever-present feature of all players journeys, especially at the point of transition to senior rugby. …”
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A deep learning-based approach to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury using audio classification. by Conor Wall, Dylan Powell, Fraser Young, Aaron J Zynda, Sam Stuart, Tracey Covassin, Alan Godfrey

“…Here in this pilot study, we propose the extraction of Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) features from audio recordings of speech that were collected from athletes engaging in rugby union who were diagnosed with an mTBI or not. …”
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Revision, uptake and coding issues related to the open access Orchard Sports Injury Classification System (OSICS) versions 8, 9 and 10.1 by John Orchard, Katherine Rae, John Brooks, et al

“…OSICS was commonly used in the sports of football (soccer), Australian football, rugby union, cricket and tennis. It is referenced in international papers in three sports and used in four commercially available computerised injury management systems. …”
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A Systematic Review of Strength and Conditioning Protocols for Improving Neck Strength and Reducing Concussion Incidence and Impact Injury Risk in Collision Sports; Is There Eviden... by Ed Daly, Alan J. Pearce, Lisa Ryan

“…All of the papers reported information from male participants, two were focused on rugby union, and one on American football. Two of the included studies found a significant improvement in isometric neck strength following intervention. …”
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Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 15 by John W. Orchard, Ebonie Rio, Kay M. Crossley, Jessica J. Orchard, Margo Mountjoy

“…Two landmark sports cardiology papers were used to update a more comprehensive list of sports cardiology codes. Rugby union protocols on head injury assessment were used to create additional concussion codes. …”
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Variations in strength-speed-power performance across the season: do true changes occur in elite rugby players? by Irineu Loturco, Chris Bishop, Santiago Zabaloy, Túlio B.M.A. Moura, Maurício S. Ramos, Lucas A. Pereira, Michael McGuigan

“…True changes occurred much more frequently for strength-power measures than for sprint velocity and momentum. Elite rugby union players did not exhibit significant variations in neuromuscular performance across the competitive period, when a group-based analysis was conducted. …”
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Sports Injuries in the Australian Regular Army by Robin Orr, Ben Schram, Rodney Pope

“…Soccer presented with the greatest number of injuries (23.3%), followed by rugby union/league (22.9%), touch football (18.6%), Australian rules football (12.0%), and basketball/netball (11.9%). …”
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Match demands of female team sports: a scoping review by María L. Pérez Armendáriz, Konstaninos Spyrou, Pedro E. Alcaraz

“…Eighty-six articles were eligible for inclusion in this review, with 40 in soccer, 23 in rugby (6 rugby union, 3 rugby league, and 14 rugby sevens), 8 in field hockey, 8 in basketball, 6 in handball, and 1 in futsal. …”
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Musculoskeletal modelling of the human cervical spine for the investigation of injury mechanisms during axial impacts. by Pavlos Silvestros, Ezio Preatoni, Harinderjit S Gill, Sabina Gheduzzi, Bruno Agostinho Hernandez, Timothy P Holsgrove, Dario Cazzola

“…The impact-specific parameters were integrated in a population specific musculoskeletal model and used to assess cervical spine loads measured from Rugby union impacts compared to available models. Results of the optimisation showed a larger increase of axial joint stiffness compared to axial damping and shear viscoelastic parameters for all models. …”
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Application of acute pre-exercise partial-body cryotherapy promotes jump performance, salivary-amylase and athlete readiness by Emily M. Partridge, Julie Cooke, Andrew J. McKune, David B. Pyne

“…This study aimed to evaluate the application of a single pre-exercise bout of partial-body cryotherapy (PBC) to augment jump performance, salivary biomarkers and self-reported performance readiness. Twelve male rugby union players (age 20.7 ± 3.2 yr; body mass 93.1 ± 13.9 kg; mean ± SD) were exposed to PBC for 3 min at –140°C or control condition prior to a pre-post series of loaded countermovement jumps (CMJ), salivary biomarker samples and performance readiness questionnaires. …”
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