Playing time of professional senior rugby players across all levels of South African rugby, 2007 –2012: implications for transformation By Jacques du Toit (DTTJAC019) SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Town Master of Science (MSc) Cape UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Scienceof and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Boundary Road Newlands 7700, South Africa University 10 February 2014 Supervisor: Professor Michael I. Lambert, PhD UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgementTown of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Cape Published by the University ofof Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University Playing time of professional senior rugby players across all levels of South African rugby, 2007 – 2012: implications for transformation Mr. Jacques du Toit Ba (Hons) Biokinetics Master of Science Department of Human Biology, Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town Correspondence: Jacques du Toit Department of Human Biology, Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town 3rd Floor Sports Science Institute of South Africa Boundary Road Newlands, 7700 Cape Town South Africa Tell: 074 140 0506 Email:
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