Table 1. Physical demands across positional groups and as a whole team. Data is displayed as Means (and 95% confidence intervals).
| Absolute |
Outside backs |
Forwards |
Adjustables |
Whole Team |
| Total Dist (m) |
1644 (1571-1717) † |
1375 (1308 – 1443) * |
1409 (1220–1598) |
1466.4 (1369 – 1564) |
| HSR (m) |
121.6 (111.1-132.1) |
117.0 (105.1 – 128.9) |
117.9 (82.7 – 153.2) |
118.7 (103.1 – 134.3) |
| VHSR (m) |
75.9 (68.7-83.1) † |
45.8 (39.3 – 52.2) |
60.9 (40.6 – 81.2) |
60.0 (49.8 – 70.1) |
| Sprint (m) |
97.7 (81.3-114.1) *† |
22.6 (15.8-29.3) * |
43.9 (27.2 – 60.7) |
52.2 (36.4 – 68.0) |
| Sprint efforts (n) |
4.5 (3.9-5.1) *† |
2.0 (1.7-2.3) * |
2.6 (1.8 – 3.4) |
2.9 (2.3 – 3.5) |
| Relative |
Outside backs |
Forwards |
Adjustables |
Whole Team |
| Total Dist (m·min-1) |
84.8 (81.0 – 88.5) *† |
73.55 (73.2-73.9) |
74.6 (64.5 – 84.6) |
77.2 (72.0 – 82.3) |
| HSR (m·min-1) |
6.3 (5.7-6.8) |
6.2 (5.6-6.9) |
6.2 (4.4 – 8.1) |
6.2 (5.4-7.1) |
| VHSR (m·min-1) |
3.9 (3.5-4.3) † |
2.4 (2.1 – 2.8) |
3.2 (2.1 – 4.3) |
3.2 (2.6-3.7) |
| Sprint (m·min-1) |
5.0 (4.2-5.9) *† |
1.2 (0.8 – 1.6) |
2.3 (1.4 – 3.2) |
2.7 (1.9 – 3.6) |
| Sprint effort (efforts/min) |
.23 (.2 - .3) *† |
.1 (.1 - .2) |
.1 (.1 - .2) |
.2 (.1 - .2) |
HSR, high-speed running (>14.4 km·h
-1); VHSR, very-high-speed running (>19.0 km·h
-1); Sprint, sprint distance (>23.0 km·h
-1); Sprint Efforts, number of sprint efforts (>23.0 km·h
-1).* Significantly different from Adjustables (p < 0.05);† Significantly different from Forwards (p < 0.05).
