About the Authors

Christopher J. Carling

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Coaching and Performance, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, Research Department, French Rugby Union, Marcoussis, France

Mathieu Lacome

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

mathlacome@gmail.com

Affiliation Research Department, French Rugby Union, Marcoussis, France

Eamon Flanagan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Irish Rugby Football Union, Fitness Department, Dublin, Ireland

Pearse O’Doherty

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Statsports Technologies™, Newry, Northern Ireland

Julien Piscione

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Research Department, French Rugby Union, Marcoussis, France

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing interests and their commercial affiliation (French Rugby Union Federation, Irish Rugby Football Union or Statsports Technologies Ltd) does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. (as detailed online in the journal’s guide for authors http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/competing-interests).