Category: Injury Prevention

Rugby sevens tournament format and injuries: article summary

This week, we present a visual summary of an article that was presented at our journal club by Prof. Mike Lambert. The details of the full article are below and on the visual summary.

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Full text: C Fuller, A Taylor, M Raftery. Should player fatigue be the focus of injury prevention strategies for international rugby sevens tournaments? BJSM, 2016.

What are your thoughts on whether introducing “rolling subs” will help reduce injuries? We’d like to hear your feedback!

 

 

Measuring Skill in Rugby as Part of the Standard Team Testing Battery

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Full Article :

Sharief Hendricks, Michael Lambert, Herman Masimla, Justin Durandt. “Measuring Skill in Rugby Union and Rugby League as Part of the Standard Team Testing Battery.” International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 10, no. 5 (2015): 949-966.

http://spo.sagepub.com/content/10/5/949.abstract