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Body Mass (kg) 100 80 60 40 20 * Forwards Backs 0 Pre-season Mid-season Post-season * significant at p < 0.01 Figure 3: Mean body mass (kg) by position over the three test sessions 60
Sum of skinfolds (mm) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 * Pre-season Mid-season Post-season Forwards Backs * significant at p < 0.01 Figure 4: Mean sum of seven skinfolds (mm) by position over three testing sessions 61
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PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ELITE WOMEN'S R
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to ack
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In both positional groups, no signi
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2.3 PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF RUGBY
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4.3.3 Speed .......................
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LIST OF TABLES PAGE Table I: Body M
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CHAPTER ONE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLE
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2007). Static exertion requires gre
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From the time men’s rugby union b
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• 10 and 40 m speed • 1 RM benc
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Page 23 and 24: Physical performance characteristic
Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITER
Page 27 and 28: LEOPARDS No of Women’s Clubs: 7 N
Page 29 and 30: 2.2.3 International Women’s Rugby
Page 31 and 32: 2.3.1 Movement Patterns Time-motion
Page 33 and 34: Analysis of work-to-rest periods in
Page 35 and 36: 2.4.1 Body Mass There has been a ma
Page 37 and 38: Table I: Body Mass (kg) of female r
Page 39 and 40: Table II: Stature (cm) of female ru
Page 41 and 42: Table III: Comparison of 10m and 40
Page 43 and 44: etween age groups (Durandt et al.,
Page 45 and 46: Durandt et al., (2006) indicate tha
Page 47 and 48: Table IV: Comparison of Vertical Ju
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Page 51 and 52: 1988; Ueno, Watai, & Ishii, 1988).
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Page 57 and 58: Union. The players were sub-divided
Page 59 and 60: Body mass Skinfolds (biceps, tricep
Page 61 and 62: held at 90 degrees to the surface o
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Page 65 and 66: controlled manner to the center of
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Page 69 and 70: CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS 4.1 INTRODUCTI
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Page 75 and 76: Percentage Body Fat (%) 40 35 30 25
Page 77 and 78: Within forwards, there was a small
Page 79 and 80: 10m speed (sec) 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6
Page 81 and 82: 40m speed (sec) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * * *
Page 83 and 84: No difference was apparent within p
Page 85 and 86: Pull ups 10 8 6 4 2 * * Forwards Ba
Page 87 and 88: 50 40 * * * Forwards Backs Push-ups
Page 89 and 90: CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AN
Page 91 and 92: Cup (Schick et al., 2006). Attentio
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Page 95 and 96: likelihood of injury during a train
Page 97 and 98: can be possibly attributed to a gre
Page 99 and 100: provide a good measure of the upper
Page 101 and 102: mid-season, which performed 12 and
Page 103 and 104: A reasonably high aerobic fitness l
Page 105 and 106: these two broad positional groups h
Page 107 and 108: physical fitness, it may also be ac
Page 109 and 110: The current study has described the
Page 111 and 112: Baker, D. and Nance, S. (1999). The
Page 113 and 114: Crewther, B.T., Gill, N., Weatherby
Page 115 and 116: Ellis, L., Gastin, P., Lawrence, S.
Page 117 and 118: Hrysomallis, C. (2010). Upper body
Page 119 and 120: Maud, P.J. (1983). Physiological an
Page 121 and 122: Rienzi, E., Reilly, T., and Malkin,
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Spencer, M., Bishop, D., Dawson, B.
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APPENDIX A PARTICIPATION INFORMATIO
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APPENDIX B CONSENT FORM Faculty of
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3.SPEED AND ACCELARATION 10 m (sec)
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Forwards Backs Vertical Jump (cm) T
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