Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of performance score and training measures for the playing-position groups. Data presented as mean ± within-player SD.

	Defender	Forward	Midfielder	Ruck
Performance scorea	65 ± 27	68 ± 28	101 ± 27	80 ± 21
Weekly load	541 ± 138	576 ± 144	560 ± 135	475 ± 98
1.5-week smoothed load	528 ± 110	557 ± 120	544 ± 112	459 ± 81
4-week smoothed load	482 ± 85	504 ± 98	495 ± 92	406 ± 62
1.5-week differential load	27 ± 108	38 ± 110	33 ± 101	31 ± 86
4-week differential load	20 ± 39	24 ± 38	22 ± 36	23 ± 26
Strain	5, 334 ± 5, 917	4, 676 ± 4, 665	5, 649 ± 6, 782	4, 070 ± 3, 130
Monotonyb	9.3 ± 10.8	7.7 ± 7.1	9.5 ± 10.8	8.5 ± 6.3
Acute:chronic ratio	1.04 ± 0.24	1.07 ± 0.24	1.07 ± 0.23	1.10 ± 0.29

^aPerformance score, load measures and strain have arbitrary units.

^bMonotony and acute:chronic ratio are dimensionless.