Keith Earls’s book, Fight or Flight, is uncommonly interesting for a sports autobiography. One of the most memorable incidents recounted is of an unhappy and academically frustrated Earls getting expelled from St Munchin’s College in […]
Tag: Rugby Union
Publication: Aerobic fitness and isokinetic knee strength of semi-professional rugby union players: a comparison between backs and forwards
Research Impact Summary: Although semi-professional players make up the majority of the rugby union (RU) population there is a lack of knowledge on this population in the sport. Therefore, the physiological fitness characteristics of semi-professional […]
Publication: The relationship between physical and wellness measures and injury in amateur Rugby Union players
Research Impact: Rugby-related injuries are widely reported in the literature, but little is known about the factors that may lead to these injuries occurring. The Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) Project is currently monitoring the […]
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