Age (years) | Playing experience(years) | Height (cm) | Body mass (kg) | Sum of skinfolds (mm) | |
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Data are expressed as means (95% CI). CI, confidence interval. | |||||
*Significantly different (p<0.05) from all other positions; †significantly different (p<0.05) from second row; ‡significantly different (p<0.05) from fullback; §significantly different (p<0.05) from hooker. | |||||
Prop | 17.6 (17.2 to 18.0) | 6.4 (4.9 to 7.9)‡§ | 183.9 (182.1 to 185.7)* | 101.1 (97.5 to 104.8)* | 72.0 (64.8 to 79.2)* |
Hooker | 17.3 (16.9 to 17.6) | 11.7 (10.7 to 12.7) | 171.9 (171.1 to 172.7) | 69.9 (66.5 to 73.2)† | 35.9 (31.3 to 40.5) |
Second row | 17.2 (16.8 to 17.6) | 8.3 (7.4 to 9.3) | 176.8 (175.3 to 178.2) | 83.6 (80.4 to 86.9) | 39.5 (36.1 to 42.9) |
Lock | 16.5 (16.0 to 17.0) | 8.9 (7.4 to 10.3) | 176.7 (174.3 to 179.1) | 74.8 (70.1 to 79.5) | 33.7 (28.9 to 38.5) |
Halfback | 16.7 (16.4 to 17.0) | 10.5 (9.9 to 11.1) | 170.6 (168.1 to 173.2)† | 69.1 (66.3 to 72.0)† | 40.9 (38.1 to 43.8) |
Five-eighth | 16.7 (16.2 to 17.3) | 8.9 (6.5 to 11.3) | 176.3 (174.4 to 178.1) | 72.0 (65.5 to 78.5) | 24.7 (23.7 to 25.8) |
Centre | 17.0 (16.5 to 17.4) | 7.5 (6.8 to 8.3) | 176.7 (175.6 to 177.9) | 79.6 (76.1 to 83.0) | 34.8 (30.9 to 38.7) |
Wing | 17.7 (17.3 to 18.0 | 7.7 (6.1 to 9.2) | 176.4 (175.0 to 177.7) | 72.9 (70.2 to 75.5)† | 30.7 (28.3 to 33.1) |
Fullback | 17.4 (17.0 to 17.9) | 10.9 (9.8 to 12.1) | 177.1 (175.5 to 178.7) | 78.8 (73.4 to 84.2) | 36.2 (32.0 to 40.4) |