Changes in player characteristics and match activities in Bledisloe Cup rugby union from 1972 to 2004

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 895-903

  Quarrie, Kenneth L ^a,b   Hopkins, Will G ^b  

^a Research and Injury Prevention   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Law changes; Match activities; Notational analysis; Performance; Player size; Rugby union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONALISM; RUGBY; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; WEATHER;

BODY SIZE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34248187607     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600944659     Document Type: Article

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