Influence of role and competition stage on movement, heart rate and perceived task load characteristics of match officials during Men's and Women's Rugby League World Cup.

We examined the influence of rugby league match officials' role and competition stage on movement, heart rate and subjective task loads during international competition. Measures were recorded from all 28 match officials (male n = 25; female n = 3; 4 ± 3 matches per official) comprising 42 referees...

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Publicado en:Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 43; no. 14; pp. 1329 - 1338
Autores principales: Johnson, Ella, Highton, Jamie, Twist, Craig
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2025
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        atl: Influence of role and competition stage on movement, heart rate and perceived task load characteristics of match officials during Men's and Women's Rugby League World Cup.
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          Johnson, Ella
          Highton, Jamie
          Twist, Craig
        affil: Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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          Movement Evaluation
          Heart Rate Evaluation
          Rugby
          Athletes, Female
          Athletes, Male
          Sporting Events
          Professional Role
          Athletic Officials
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Acceleration
          Descriptive Statistics
          Physical Activity
          Exercise Intensity
          Running
          Frustration
          Sex Factors
          Mental Health
          Physical Performance
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      ab: We examined the influence of rugby league match officials' role and competition stage on movement, heart rate and subjective task loads during international competition. Measures were recorded from all 28 match officials (male n = 25; female n = 3; 4 ± 3 matches per official) comprising 42 referees and 84 touch judge performances from Men's (n = 29) and Women's (n = 13) World Cup matches. More accelerations (p = 0.003) and decelerations (p = 0.013), higher mean heart rates (p = 0.006) and perceived physical load (p < 0.001) and less high-speed running (p = 0.002) occured in referees compared to touch judges. Distance, high-speed running, accelerations/decelerations, heart rate, and subjective mental, physical, temporal, effort and frustration loads (all p < 0.05) were higher during the Men's compared to Women's competition. Mean speed and high-speed running (all p < 0.05) decreased between halves in the Knockout stage, while subjective mental, physical, temporal and effort load increased (all p < 0.05). Declines in relative high-speed running between the halves were also greater during the Knockout stage (p = 0.016). The on-field role, the competition and stage influence the physical, heart rate and perceived task loads of rugby league match officials.
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