Games Analysis

Games analysis may involve a Rugby coach observing a live or filmed Rugby game and/or studying statistics from a Rugby game.

A Rugby coach may use games analysis to:

• Evaluate individual and team performance and identify areas for improvement;
• Study the opposition's strengths and weaknesses and develop tactics to address them;
• Grow knowledge and understanding about the requirements of each playing position. 

Resources

 Match analysis - Australia vs. France. Students perform their own games analysis, practicing extracting and interpreting information from a five minute video of the 2005 Wallabies v France Test match. 

 Skill analysis. Students observe a series of short videos of team and individual skills performed by the Wallabies and opposition teams, and analyse the execution of each skill.

 Super 14 Rugby time-motion analysis. A journal article extract highlighting the results of a time in motion study of different Rugby playing positions throughout the 2001 and 2002 Super 14 Rugby series.

 Wallabies Games analysis report. A complete match summary report, an individual player attack report and an individual player defence report as compiled by Anthony Wakeling, the Australian Rugby Union Performance Analyst Co-ordinator.