Rugby game-related statistics that discriminate between winning and losing teams in IRB and super twelve close games

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Vaz, Luis ^a   van Rooyen, Michele ^b   Sampaio, Jaime ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Game related statistics; Match analysis; Performance profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749334198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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