Ray Boyne, who was performance analyst with the Dublin footballers between 2004 and 2013, has put together a great bit of research to show how far a player in a ball sport runs on average during a match.
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So soccer wins out with GAA coming in second and third but when you analyse it in km/pm, the top three are inseparable. They all run 16 metres a minute on average.
Meanwhile, rugby players only a measly 12 metres a minute.
via: AnalysisGAA
