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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Rugby football"”.
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'The noble game is not totally unknown here': rugby football in nineteenth-century Cardiff
… thesis is the first detailed historical study of rugby in Wales at a local level. Drawing on previously unused sources, it provides fresh insights into the origins and early years of the game in Wales. It also throws new light on the significance of Cardiff to Welsh rugby in the nineteenth century …
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Class, commercialism and community in the originsand development of northern Rugby Football Union, 1857-1910.
… economic factors in the origins and growth of Rugby football in Yorkshire and Lancashire during the period 1857 to 1910, focusing on the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union (later to become the Rugby Football League) in 1895 and its subsequent development into a "new" sport of rugby …
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The Heart of the Rugby Football League Athlete: An Aid to Pre-Participation Cardiac Screening
… structure and function of the elite, male, rugby football league (RFL) athlete with the application of TTE including novel speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). The aims of this thesis were 1) to establish left ventricular (LV) structural and functional indices of the senior RFL athlete …
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Sprint acceleration performance in team sports : biomechanical characteristics and training methods
… activity in many team sports such as soccer, rugby, football, field hockey, and basketball. Specifically, the ability to rapidly increase sprint running velocity over short distances, which is often referrcd to as sprint acceleration ability, is of major importance to team-sport athletes since …
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The economic and financial effects of the introduction of Super League in Rugby League.
… examine the effect of a unique experiment by the Rugby Football League, to apply the American professional team sports model to its game, making it the first British sport ever to attempt this. It investigates the economic, financial and social changes, which have occurred within the sport of …
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Tartaglia, Zigzag et Flips : les particules denses à haut Reynolds
… balls are considered. Such balls are used in rugby, football and badminton. Shuttlecocks have the propriety to fly the nose ahead which oblige them to flip after each racket impact. Finally, we study the motion of a fluid particle with the particular case of a Leidenfrost liquid ring. A such …
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Salivary testosterone and cortisol measurements in profesional elite rugby union players
… hormonal and psychological states in male elite rugby union players. Hormonal response was measured using salivary T and C. In addition, psychological states were assessed using the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R). Physiological measures indicated that both T and C were …
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An investigation into the risk factors and management of rugby injuries in the greater Durban area
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2010.
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A physiological performance analysis on the effects of the winter academic break on collegiate male club rugby athletes
… characteristics in collegiate male club rugby athletes following an unsupervised 4-week winter academic break. Fourteen athletes completed this study utilizing a within-subjects model. All measures were collected prior to, and after the winter academic break. Prior to testing each subject …
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The application of discriminant analysis and logistical regression as methods of compilation in the prediction function in youth rugby
Please read the abstract (Summary) in the 00front part of this document
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Effect of acute and chronic exercise on immunoendocrine responses in professional rugby union
… and training on immunoendocrine markers in rugby union players. At the professional level, rugby is an intense and physically demanding game where a significant amount of tissue trauma occurs as a result of the many game collisions. The aims of the studies outlined in this thesis were to …
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The Growth and Development of Sport in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880
… officer classes. In the instances of cricket, rugby union and association football, the military were the principle agency through which these sports were disseminated among the people of Tipperary. Sporting trends which were fashionable in Great Britain also became evident in Ireland, and by …
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Cognitive function among first division KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union players and its associations with duration of exposure to the sport and a history of concussion
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Sport and the Victorian City: The development of commercialised spectator sport, Bradford 1836-1908
… how the development of cricket, soccer and rugby within the city were subject to changing economic and cultural contexts, but, especially through an analysis of the switch from rugby to soccer of both Manningham FC and Bradford FC, how agency was a crucial factor in bringing about historical …
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Concussion, neck, and hamstring injury aetiology and injury prevention in Rugby Union
… two of the most frequently diagnosed injuries in Rugby Union. Neck and hamstring strength have been identified as a modifiable risk factor to decrease the severity and incidence of these injuries. As such, there is an increasing interest in strengthening the neck and hamstrings in Rugby Union for …