7.58 Physical demands of women’s rugby seven matches. Rugby sevens is rapidly growing in popularity and will be included in the 2016 Olympics. Matches are played on a full rugby field and consist of two seven-minute halves. Each team also consists of seven players. To better understand the demands of women’s rugby sevens, a group of researchers compared the physical qualities of elite players from the Canadian National team with a university squad. The following table summarizes some of these qualities:28
Elite (n = 16) | University (n = 13) | ||||
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Quality | s | s | |||
Sprint speed (km/hr) | 27.3 | 0.7 | 26.0 | 1.5 | |
Peak heart rate (bpm) | 192.0 | 6.0 | 193.0 | 6.0 | |
Intermittent recovery test (m) |
1160 | 191 | 781 | 129 |
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