Abstract
The relationship between positional placement and team captaincy was examined for a population of 27 New Zealand provincial rugby teams for the years 1984, 1988, and 1992 (N = 76 player captains). Results revealed that the two most spatially central positions (i.e., No. 8 and halfback) accounted for 35.5% of the captains (n = 27), whereas, the three most peripheral spatial positions (i.e., center, wing and fullback) did not yield a single captain. The overrepresentation of captains among the No. 8 and halfback positions was explained in terms of a set of distinctive positional properties and personal attributes held to be associated with these two positions.
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