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The importance of rugby game-related statistics to discriminate winners and losers at the elite level competitions in close and balanced games Vaz, Luis Mouchet, Alain Carreras, David Morente-Oria, Honorato Fernando Deportes - Estadísticas The aim of the current study was to identify the Rugby game-related statistics that discriminated between winning and losing teams in International Rugby Board (IRB) competitions (World Cup and Six Nations) and Super Twelve Tournament (S12) in close and balanced games. A cluster analysis was conducted to establish, according to game balanced games group was selected for further analysis. An analysis of the structure coefficients (SC) obtained through a discriminant analysis allowed the identification of the most powerful game-related statistics in discriminating between winning and losing teams. The results showed that when compared, IRB and S12 close and balanced games were evident, although significant between-games differences were found for all of the analysed group clusters. This suggests that for close and balanced games a general profile may be created, which is probably specific to each team, and may indicate the strengths and weaknesses of that specific competition groups. 2025-02-03T07:21:20Z 2025-02-03T07:21:20Z 2025-02-03T07:21:20Z 2011 journal article Luís Vaz, Alain Mouchet, David Carreras & Honorato Morente (2011) The importance of rugby game-related statistics to discriminate winners and losers at the elite level competitions in close and balanced games, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 11:1, 130-141, DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2011.11868535 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37554 10.1080/24748668.2011.11868535 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Taylor & Francis