Call to action: a collaborative framework to better support female rugby league players

Cloe Cummins^{1

2

3}, Jaede Melinz⁴, Doug King^{4

5

6}, Colin Sanctuary^{4

7}, Aron Murphy⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia ccummin5@une.edu.au.
² Institute for Sport Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
³ National Rugby League, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Traumatic Brain Injury Network (TBIN), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ New South Wales Rugby League, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31996346
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101403

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Call to action: a collaborative framework to better support female rugby league players

Cloe Cummins et al. Br J Sports Med. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;54(9):501-502.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101403. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

Authors

Cloe Cummins^{1

2

3}, Jaede Melinz⁴, Doug King^{4

5

6}, Colin Sanctuary^{4

7}, Aron Murphy⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia ccummin5@une.edu.au.
² Institute for Sport Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
³ National Rugby League, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Traumatic Brain Injury Network (TBIN), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ New South Wales Rugby League, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31996346
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101403

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Keywords: female; rugby; women in sport.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The National Rugby League provided support in the form of research funding for CC. The National Rugby League did not have any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. CS holds the position of player development manager at New South Wales Rugby League.

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