Table 9

Five-day pretournament team-training exposures as a function of competition and gender

Gender/nature of training exposureMean team-training hours per tournament
2014/2015 SWS 2015/2016 SWS 2016 Rio
Men
 Warm-up13.413.414.0
 Cool-down8.06.67.4
 Rugby skills (contact)7.56.611.3
 Rugby skills (non-contact)25.224.131.1
 Conditioning (weights)13.214.718.9
 Conditioning (non-weights)1.75.93.1
 Other4.02.41.0
 Total team training exposure73.073.786.8
Women
 Warm-up18.114.910.7
 Cool-down8.58.57.7
 Rugby skills (contact)8.76.810.5
 Rugby skills (non-contact)24.325.723.7
 Conditioning (weights)6.49.910.1
 Conditioning (non-weights)2.84.45.6
 Other8.67.94.9
 Total team training exposure77.478.173.2