Abstract

Background: Rugby League is a contact sport, incorporating repeated bouts of high-intensity activity (sprinting and tackling) interspersed with low-intensity activity (standing and walking). Advances in notational analysis technology such as global positioning systems (GPS) have permitted comprehensive analysis of movement patterns, physiologic demands and recently, in contact sports, the quantification of body loads and impacts. This study investigated the physical demands of collision events by positional group in elite players during match play.

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