Athlete Assessment: Stfx Womens Rugby By: Kortney Matchett, Ann-Terese MacDonald, Jenn Lee

Introduction to the Sport Rugby: Intermittent, high intensity sport Team consists of 15 athletes Divided into 8 forwards and 7 backs Forwards = the tacklers Backs = the runners Objective: move the ball down the field into the other teams half Matches are 80 minutes Divided into two 40 min halves with a 10 minute break in between (Gabbet, King & Jenkins, 2008). m/positions-in-rugby.php

Introduction to the Sport Only allowed to throw the ball backwards But the ball can be carried or kicked forwards The opposing team is allowed to tackle the advancing team in order to gain possession of the ball If the ball advances past the goal line of the opposite team points or a try is scored Competition season: September – November (Gabbet, King & Jenkins, 2008). m/positions-in-rugby.php

Introduction of the Athlete Female Rugby Player Year of age: 20 Weight: 143lbs Height: 5’ 7” BMI = 22.4 Position: Outside Center (Back Position) Obtains information on health from various university level heath classes, personal experience, word of mouth, and common sense ons-in-rugby.php

Energy Systems Back Position = Mainly high-intensity Creatine Phosphate Used during tackling and sprinting, passing, and jumping Lasts 5-10 seconds Creatine stores can be maintained by consuming animal sourced foods (Doyle, Dunford, 2012)

Anaerobic Glycolysis Main energy system used due to the “stop and go” of the sport Used for sprints, or repeated high intensity sprints of the game Lasts for as long 2 minutes Can be maintained with adequate amount of CHO consumed (Holway, Spriet, 2011) (Doyle, Dunford, 2012) Energy Systems

Oxidative Phosphorylation Is aerobic (uses oxygen) Used after 2 minutes Within the sport, used when she is standing, walking, jogging and running for long periods of time Uses fat as the main source of energy Energy Systems

Training Regime 6 days/week 2 hours/day Mostly endurance training during practices with some aspects of strength required Does her own resistance training (1/4 of the time/day) No specific nutrition plan followed to support training: Eats healthy and stay hydrated Does not eat heavy before training/game but instead eats after (usually high in CHO) Nutrients that performance is best dependent on Water Low glycemic index CHO specific-workouts/rugby-power-training-gym- workout/

What does Game day look like? Time of Day Breakfast8:00am Pre-Event3:00pm Game Time7:00pm – 9:00pm Post Event10:00pm 1. Breakfast 2. Pre- Game 3. Game 4. Post-Game

Nutritional Issues Related to Rugby Pre-game meal: Enough CHO Achieving euhydrationr During Event: Delay Fatigue Avoid Hunger Avoid GI upset Avoid Hypohydration Post: Replenish CHO PRO and AA replenishment Replenish water and sodium Avoid GI upset 1/01/?cat=3

Athlete Recommendations (Pre-Event) KCALCHOPROFATWATER Pre-eventN/A3-4.5g/kg = g g/kg =78-91g 1g/kg =65g 5-7ml/kg = ml 3-5ml/kg ml Athletes Total 1086kcal190g20.8g32.3g600ml 300ml NAHYEAHNAH YEAH

Athlete Recommendations (During Event) KCALCHOPROFATWATER During EventN/A30-60g/h =60-120g 0g Customized to tolerance Athletes Total 52kcal12.8g0g 400ml NAHYEAH COULD DO BETTER

Athlete Recommendations (Post-Event) KCALCHOPROFATWATER Post - EventN/A1.5g/kg =97.5g 10-20g1g/kg=65g1.5L/kg weight loss Athletes Total 439kcal19.85g80.32g5.3g600ml NAH YEAHNAH

Practical Issues that a Rugby Player Faces Hydration during the event Unless multiple subs, hydration can only occur when a try occurs Important to avoid dehydration which can negatively affect performance CHO intake during the event Again, unless multiple subs CHO intake during a game is difficult Important for the delay of fatigue Nerves before the game Can affect GI com/2012/06/04/whats- hot-in-hydration/ Nutrition/03/Carbs12-02.htm

Overcoming Practical Issues Utilize the rest period Utilize subs After scoring a try, consume Gatorade instead of just plain water Nutrition/03/Carbs12-02.htm iki/Gatorade

Conclusion Based on the one day analysis: Athlete was not consuming enough CHO before, during and after the event Athlete was consuming enough PRO after the event Athlete was not consuming water during and after the event

References Doyle, J., Dunford M. (2012). Nutrition for Sport and Exercise Second Edition. Belmont, CA. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Gabbett, T., King, T., Jenkins, D. (2008) Applied Phisiology of Rugby League. Sports Medicine, 38(2). Retrieved from 6e68-4f4e-bbc6-88dec466bbfa%40sessionmgr12&vid=4&hid=7 Holway, F., Spriet, L. (2011). Sport-specific nutrition: Practical strategies for team sports. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(1). Retrieved from

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