An Analysis of the movements, both duration and field location, of 4 teams in the 2003 Rugby World Cup

A comparative study of English, Australian, New Zealand and South African performances in the 2003 Rugby World Cup was performed from a video evaluation of all matches played by the four teams during the tournament. Each team averaged 43 movements per match comprising 20% point scoring, 56% running play and 24% kicked play movements. South Africa completed fewer point scoring (16%) and more kicked play movements (29%). Differences between the mean movement times for the four teams were not significant. All teams had significantly longer time in possession during point scoring movements than in movements that resulted in a turnover (P