About our research

The A-STEM Research Centre is split in to three research groups. The majority of our rugby research has been performance-focussed and has taken place within our Elite and Professional Sport (EPS) group. We also have staff from our Exercise, Medicine and Health (EMH) and Sport Ethics, Integrity and Governance (SEIG) groups working on health-related, philosophical and ethical projects in rugby.

Figure 1. Schematic of the themes and applications of rugby research across A-STEM.
Schematic

The staff who are current researchers in rugby or have expressed an interest to apply their research expertise to rugby are listed below: