A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players based on (bi) annual age with
fixed cut-off dates. The overrepresentation of players born at the start of the cut-off date and …

Limited research has compared the physical qualities of adolescent rugby union (RU)
players across differing playing standards. This study therefore compared the physical …

The relative age effect (RAE) is a phenomenon that represents how young athletes who are
born early in the selection year are often overrepresented within youth sport settings. The …

A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players into (bi) annual-age categories
using fixed cut-off dates. The implications are an over-representation of players born at the …

Relative age effects (RAEs) are independent of specific cutoff dates that can vary from
country to country. However, the consequences of changing the selection cutoff dates within …

Relative age effects (RAEs) within sports refer to the overrepresentation of athletes born
earlier in the selection year and the underrepresentation of those born later in the selection …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences between racial
groups for body mass, stature and body mass index (BMI) in South African elite U18 rugby …

Abstract DUBE, S and GROBBELAAR, H. Prevalence of the relative age effect among high-
performance, university student-athletes, versus an age-matched student cohort. SA J …

This study determines the differences in opinion of U-15 (20 boys) and U-16 (29 boys) rugby
players from Romanian national teams, regarding motivational support (MS) and the …

Among the factors facilitating or impeding an athlete's pathway to success are primary or
direct influences such as psychological characteristics, genetic factors and training. Indirect …