To overcome the challenges associated with navigating talent development pathway to professional rugby, players must possess certain psychological skills and characteristics (PSCs), e.g., motivation, confidence, coping skills. It is essential understand PSCs that assist in successfully transitioning through a at level, as knowledge could be applied enhancing support. The goal of this narrative ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the physiological and anthropometric characteristics of amateur rugby league players. METHODS Thirty five amateur rugby league players (19 forwards and 16 backs) were measured for height, body mass, percentage body fat (sum of four skinfolds), muscular power (vertical jump), speed (10 m and 40 m sprint), and maximal aerobic power (multistage fitness test). Data were ...

This study investigated the physical qualities that discriminated state-based rugby league players competing for selection in a semiprofessional rugby league team, and determined the relationship between tests of physical qualities and physical match performance in these players. Thirty-two rugby league players (mean ± SD age, 24 ± 3 years) from a Queensland Cup rugby league squad participated ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the influence of preseason fitness, existing injury, and preseason rugby training on subsequent injury. METHODS Players were eligible for the survey if they were a member of a Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) affiliated rugby club in the Border Reivers District of the SRU during the 1997-1998 season. A total of 803 (84%) players from 22 (88%) participating clubs provided detai...

This paper argues that the increasing use of protective equipment in British rugby union and elsewhere occurs in the context of rising concern over injury rates in the game, but also in an atmosphere of confusion as to its efficacy. A seminal, but methodologically flawed study has resulted in its authors calling on the International Rugby Board to have a moratorium on their use, while at some l...

This is the first such study of British rugby and the third yet published, the other two involving the 1984 Australian Wallabies and the 1987 United States Eagles. The report shows that while all 30 players believed mouthguards provided local protection, nine did not wear a mouthguard. Only one of the 21 who wore a mouthguard was willing to play without it, while eight mouthguard wearers felt m...

Recent progress in determination of human draft sequences [6, 8] and tertiary structure of seventransmembrane-helix receptors (7-TMR) accelerates the comprehensive sequence analysis of 7-TMR in whole human genome. Despite the enormous amount of available data on genome sequences [6, 8], the overviewed families of 7-TMR have not yet been well characterized. Our SEVENS database intends to cover a...

Studies on rugby league injuries use a variety of definitions and methodologies. Consequently, comparisons of published studies are difficult. Researchers with an interest in understanding the epidemiology of rugby league injury participated in a majority agreement process. This paper provides suggestions for the definitions, data collection and reporting methods for future studies of rugby lea...