Home advantage in southern hemisphere rugby union: National and international

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-499

  Morton, R Hugh ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Football; Sports ratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; RUGBY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS MEDICINE; SPORTS SCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645874522     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500189074     Document Type: Article

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