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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ II ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................ III ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... VI LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... XI LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. XII CHAPTER ONE : STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................... 5 1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................... 6 1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS ........................................................................................... 7 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 8 1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 8 1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................... 9 1.8 TERMINOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER TWO : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................................ 13 2.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 13 2.2 WOMEN’S RUGBY UNION ....................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Women’s Club Rugby ....................................................................................... 14 2.2.2 Provincial Women’s Rugby .............................................................................. 16 2.2.3 International Women’s Rugby .......................................................................... 17 vi
2.3 PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF RUGBY COMPETITION ................................. 17 2.3.1 Movement Patterns ........................................................................................... 19 2.3.2 Work-to-Rest Ratios ....................................................................................... 200 2.3.3 Distance C<strong>over</strong>ed and Velocity ........................................................................ 21 2.4 PHYSICAL FITNESS OF A RUGBY PLAYER ......................................................... 22 2.4.1 Body Mass ...................................................................................................... 223 2.4.2 Stature ............................................................................................................... 24 2.4.3 Sum <strong>of</strong> Skinfolds............................................................................................... 24 2.4.4 Speed ................................................................................................................. 26 2.4.5 Agility ............................................................................................................... 30 2.4.6 Muscle Strength and Power ............................................................................ 311 2.4.7 Muscle Endurance ............................................................................................. 34 2.4.8 Aerobic Endurance ............................................................................................ 36 2.4.9 Anaerobic Endurance ........................................................................................ 38 2.5 CHANGES IN PHYSICAL FITNESS OF OVER A COMPETITION SEASON ....... 40 2.5.1 Body Composition ............................................................................................ 41 2.5.2 Speed ................................................................................................................. 41 2.5.3 Muscle Strength ................................................................................................ 42 2.5.4 Aerobic Fitness ................................................................................................. 42 2.6 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 43 CHAPTER THREE : METHODS AND PROCEDURES ....................................................... 44 3.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 44 3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................... 44 3.3 PARTICIPANTS ........................................................................................................... 44 vii
Page 1 and 2: PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ELITE WOMEN'S R
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to ack
Page 5: In both positional groups, no signi
Page 9 and 10: 4.3.3 Speed .......................
Page 11 and 12: LIST OF TABLES PAGE Table I: Body M
Page 13 and 14: CHAPTER ONE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLE
Page 15 and 16: 2007). Static exertion requires gre
Page 17 and 18: From the time men’s rugby union b
Page 19 and 20: • 10 and 40 m speed • 1 RM benc
Page 21 and 22: (Gabbett, 2007; Quarrie et al., 199
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
Page 49 and 50: to allow accurate comparison (Duthi
Page 51 and 52: 1988; Ueno, Watai, & Ishii, 1988).
Page 53 and 54: staff with regards to selection and
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Union. The players were sub-divided
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Body mass Skinfolds (biceps, tricep
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held at 90 degrees to the surface o
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knees extended (straight), and bare
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controlled manner to the center of
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withdraw from the test if they are
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CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS 4.1 INTRODUCTI
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the descriptive analysis indicated
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Sum of skinfolds (mm) 200 180 160 1
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Percentage Body Fat (%) 40 35 30 25
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Within forwards, there was a small
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10m speed (sec) 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6
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40m speed (sec) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * * *
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No difference was apparent within p
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Pull ups 10 8 6 4 2 * * Forwards Ba
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50 40 * * * Forwards Backs Push-ups
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CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AN
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Cup (Schick et al., 2006). Attentio
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skinfold thickness throughout the s
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likelihood of injury during a train
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can be possibly attributed to a gre
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provide a good measure of the upper
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mid-season, which performed 12 and
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A reasonably high aerobic fitness l
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these two broad positional groups h
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physical fitness, it may also be ac
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The current study has described the
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Baker, D. and Nance, S. (1999). The
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Crewther, B.T., Gill, N., Weatherby
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Ellis, L., Gastin, P., Lawrence, S.
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Hrysomallis, C. (2010). Upper body
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Maud, P.J. (1983). Physiological an
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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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