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).