Construct | Test(s) |
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1. Physical/motor or physiological qualities | Â |
 a. Muscular strength and power |  |
  • Upper body muscular strength | 3 repetition maximum bench press [19]; 2-kg medicine ball throw [58] |
  • Upper body strength endurance | Bench press with repetitions [19]; flexed-arm hang test [36] |
  • Lower body explosive power | Vertical jump test [19]; standing broad jump [44]; countermovement jump test [26] |
  • Lower body muscular strength | 3 repetition maximum full-body squat [19] |
  • Abdominal strength | Sit-up test [59] |
 b. Speed/acceleration | 10- and 30-m running test [28]; 10- and 40-m sprint test [23]; 20-m sprint test [18] |
 c. Agility | Illinois test [34]; t test [44]; change of direction speed [26]; zigzag run test [26, 36] |
  • Reactive agility | Reactive agility test [27] |
 d. Flexibility | |
 e. Aerobic capacity | Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test [19]; 20-m multistage endurance run [59]; multistage fitness test [23] |
  • Speed endurance | Repetitive sprint test [26]; repeated 20-m sprint test [23]; repeated 12-s sprint shuttle test [23]; speed endurance test (test of Halzadine and McNab) [36] |
2. Rugby-specific skills | Â |
 a. Ground skills ability | Pick up and place test [34] |
 b. Passing | 4-m passing for accuracy test [59]; 7-m passing for distance ability test [28] |
 c. Kicking | Kicking ability test [28]; place kicking test; air and ground kicking ability test [36] |
 d. Catching | Catching ability test while moving [28]; catching and throwing over the crossbar [60, 61] |
 e. Tackling | One-on-one tackling drill in a 10-m grid proficiency assessed using standardised technical criteria [23] |
 f. Draw and pass | Single- and dual-task draw and pass assessment test [23] |
 g. Pattern recall and prediction | Pattern recall and prediction test [23] |