Table 3. The total, first and second half peak speed and number of sprints at each speed intensity category per position are reported.

Data are presented as mean ± SD, mean difference (95% CI) and effect size.

		Full Backs	Half Backs	Midfield	Half Forwards	Full Forwards
Peak Speed (km·h-1)	Total	29.6 ± 1.4	29.5 ± 1.1	30.3 ± 1.9	29.9 ± 1.4	30.4 ± 1.8
	1st Half	29.2 ± 1.5	28.7 ± 1.5	29.7 ± 1.9	29.2 ± 1.5	29.5 ± 1.8
	2nd Half	28.9 ± 1.8	28.8 ± 1.2	28.8 ± 2.5 *	29.1 ± 1.8	29.8 ± 2.1
	Diff (95% CI)	-0.3 (-0.9 to 0.3)	0.1 (-0.5 to 0.7)	-0.9 (-1.8 to -0.2)	-0.1 (-0.7 to 0.6)	0.2 (-0.4 to 0.9)
	ES	-0.18	0.07	-0.41	-0.06	0.15
Number of Sprints < 80% (n)	Total	8.9 ± 4.6	12.0 ± 4.2 a	11.9 ± 4.1	11.2 ± 4.1	9.4 ± 3.8
	1st Half	5.5 ± 2.7	6.2 ± 3.1	5.9 ± 2.0	6.3 ± 2.7	4.9 ± 2.7
	2nd Half	5.1 ± 2.6	5.8 ± 2.7	6.0 ± 2.8	4.9 ± 2.6 *	4.5 ± 2.0
	Diff (95% CI)	-0.1 (-1.2 to 1.0)	-0.4 (-1.5 to 0.7)	0.1 (-1.3 to 1.4)	-1.4 (-2.5 to -0.2)	-0.3 (-1.4 to 0.8)
	ES	-0.15	-0.14	0.04	-0.53	-0.17
Number of Sprints 80–90% (n)	Total	7.7 ± 3.5	7.2 ± 3.6	8.9 ± 3.6	7.8 ± 3.6	9.7 ± 3.5
	1st Half	3.9 ± 2.1	4.1 ± 2.8	5.2 ± 2.8	4.3 ± 2.5	5.5 ± 2.0
	2nd Half	3.8 ± 2.4	3.3 ± 1.7	3.7 ± 1.5 *	3.5 ± 1.9	4.5 ± 2.3
	Diff (95% CI)	-0.2 (-1.2 to 0.8)	-0.8 (-1.8 to -0.2)	-1.6 (-2.8 to -0.3)	-0.7 (-1.9 to 0.3)	-0.9 (-2.0 to 0.1)
	ES	-0.04	-0.35	-0.67	-0.36	0.46
Number of Sprints > 90% (n)	Total	3.8 ± 3.1	2.6 ± 1.6	2.9 ± 2.2	3.5 ± 2.3	4.0 ± 2.1
	1st Half	1.9 ± 1.8	1.5 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 1.3	2.1 ± 1.2
	2nd Half	2.0 ± 1.9	1.2 ± 1.1	1.2 ± 1.5	1.8 ± 1.7	1.9 ± 1.5
	Diff (95% CI)	0.1 (-0.5 to 0.7)	-0.3 (-0.9 to 0.3)	-0.4 (-1.2 to 0.3)	0.0 (-0.6 to 0.7)	-0.1 (-0.8 to 0.5)
	ES	0.05	-0.27	-0.36	0.07	-0.15

Diff = Mean difference, ES = Effect size.

* Significantly different (p < 0.05) from first half.

^a Significantly different (p < 0.05) from full backs