This is an institution with a long and rich history in rugby, and one that appears heavily invested in the growth of the sport. We wish to applaud the authors for their efforts in collating 5 years of injury data. We do, however, note several issues that make the conclusions difficult to disseminate to the greater rugby playing community nationally and internationally. One discrepancy worth con...

Research question In response to calls for additional research on strategic brand management in sports, we examine governance practices the novel and under-researched context of World Rugby Sevens Series. doing so, expand discourse rugby twenty-first century provide fresh insights concerning an international recurring sporting event.Research methods Our qualitative case study design utilises in...

The use of wearable sensors for automatic recognition of human activities has pervaded both professional and recreational sports. While many activities involving only a single athlete can be classified robustly, the automatic classification of complex activities involving several athletes is still in its infancy. In this paper, we present a novel approach for the recognition of such multi-playe...

While the waves of global pandemic continue to pound borders New Zealand—we are one luckiest countries in world live a relatively ‘normal life’ with community eradication virus leaving this small drop Pacific Ocean envy many countries. Our children know only minimal ‘lockdown’ periods, so it is greatest sympathy that I write international journal others still severely restricted. Zealand has be...