Table 1.
Physical outputs (mean ± SD) of different positions during three touch rugby games over a two-day international test match series.
Wing
(n = 18)
Link
(n = 33)
Middle
(n = 31)
p
value
Effect size
(partial
η
2
)
Total distance (m)
1676.66 ± 444.80
†
#
1311.35 ± 223.59
*
1383.52 ± 246.55
*
< 0.001
0.19
Maximum velocity (m·s
-1
)
7.12 ± 0.70
7.09 ± 0.64
6.80 ± 0.52
0.099
0.06
Ratio of Accelerations to Decelerations
(Average acceleration: Average deceleration)
0.80 ± 0.21
(17.06: 20.67)
0.92 ± 0.28
(13.21: 15.12)
1.01 ± 0.31
(16.45: 17.13)
0.053
0.07
Distance in velocity zones (m)
zone 1 (0–1.50 m·s
-1
)
414.43 ± 74.47
†
#
338.94 ± 73.05
*
315.65 ± 50.91
*
< 0.001
0.25
zone 2 (1.50–3.00 m·s
-1
)
612.16 ± 227.22
†
#
360.99 ± 71.25
*
383.78 ± 101.45
*
< 0.001
0.38
zone 3 (3.00–4.00 m·s
-1
)
406.40 ± 125.75
†
328.33 ± 78.82
*
361.10 ± 74.86
0.015
0.10
zone 4 (4.00–5.50 m·s
-1
)
199.67 ± 86.31
#
233.43 ± 57.58
#
278.32 ± 71.57
*
†
0.001
0.16
zone 5 (5.50–7.00 m·s
-1
)
23.47 ± 15.98
30.35 ± 14.33
31.79 ± 15.26
0.164
0.05
zone 6 (> 7.00 m·s
-1
)
20.52 ± 19.85
19.32 ± 17.90
12.87 ± 9.66
0.163
0.05
* Statistical difference compared with wing;
† Statistical difference compared with link;
# Statistical difference compared with middle (Bonferroni correction: p ≤ 0.017).