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On the validity of team performance indicators in rugby union

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  • Neil Watson
  • Ian Durbach
  • Sharief Hendricks
  • Theodor Stewart

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We conduct a validation study to determine which historically statistically significant rugby union team key performance indicators (KPIs) continue to be valid differentiators between winning and losing teams. We examine KPI validity within and among five competitions across 2013, 2014 and 2015 by determining which KPIs continue to achieve statistical significance, as well as provide actionable information to stakeholders (coaches, players, teams, performance analysts, researchers). While most of the historically significant KPIs differentiate between winning and losing teams in at least one competition, few do so across all the competitions considered. We argue that the handful of KPIs that reliably differentiate between winning and losing teams across competitions do not yield much actionable information for stakeholders. We discuss some contributing factors to this result and other important methodological issues in KPI performance analysis in rugby union.

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  • Neil Watson & Ian Durbach & Sharief Hendricks & Theodor Stewart, 2017. "On the validity of team performance indicators in rugby union," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 609-621, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:17:y:2017:i:4:p:609-621
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2017.1376998
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    1. Daniel J Cunningham & David A Shearer & Scott Drawer & Ben Pollard & Christian J Cook & Mark Bennett & Mark Russell & Liam P Kilduff, 2018. "Relationships between physical qualities and key performance indicators during match-play in senior international rugby union players," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(9), pages 1-15, September.

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