A Comparison of Somatotype Characteristics among Player Positions in Collegiate Rugby Union

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Bennett, MItchell
Date
2013Type
Dissertation
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The objective of this study was to compare somatotypes of rugby players at a
collegiate level and examine the anthropometrical differences found between
playing positions. "While a variety of different sciences apply the principles of
anthropometry, from nutritionists concerned with obesity to ergonomists
concerned with low back pain, anthropometry has long been applied in a
sporting setting due to the influence body morphology and somatotype has on
sporting performance" (Norton and Olds, 2004).
Ten Anthropometrical measurements were carried out on Thirty-Five male
collegiate rugby players, in order to gain somatotypes for comparison
between playing positions. Players were split into six positional groups; Front
row(1), second row(2), back row(3), half backs(4), midfield backs(5), and
outside backs(6). Groups were compared with each other in order to find
significant difference (p<0.05) between the individual components;
endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy.(1,2,3, forwards/ 4,5,6, backs)
Significant difference (p<0.05) was found between positional categories within
both the forwards and backs. The front row were found to me mesomorphendomorphs,
while the second row, outside backs and midfield backs were
classified as balanced mesomorphs, the two final groups the back row and
the half backs, were endomorphic mesomorphs.
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