%0 Thesis %A Murgatroyd, Paul M. %D 2018 %T Physiological demands of officiating in the game of Rugby Union at the senior level %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Physiological_demands_of_officiating_in_the_game_of_Rugby_Union_at_the_senior_level/9616460 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17264036 %K untagged %K Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified %X The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological demands of officiating in the code of Rugby Union at an elite level and to propose a relevant programme of fitness testing and training arising from the results obtained. A group of ten RFU National Panel referees were selected as subjects and all were analysed performing match duties as both a referee and a touch-judge during a number of level 1 and 2 league matches. Each subject performed a range of laboratory tests to establish various physiological parameters, which were then compared with the match analysis findings of heart rate and total match distances. [Continues.] %I Loughborough University