Training session activities were compared to data
from 24 matches played by the same team during the
2013 rugby season. Match files were ‘cleaned’ to
remove the half-time break and any other time spent
off the field from each observation. The results of these match-play analyses have previously been reported in detail, describing the variations in movement, impact
and sprint variables among different positions.13 In the
current research study, these data will be used to make
magnitude-based inferences regarding the degree to
which common training activities differ from match
demands. Any training or match observation