Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    Relationship between Pregame Concentrations of Free Testosterone and Outcome in Rugby Union Christopher M. Gaviglio, Blair T. Crewther, Liam P. Kilduff, Keith A. Stokes    IJSPP Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Pages: 324-331 https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2013-0106    Purpose: To assess the measures of salivary free testosterone and cortisol concentrations across selected rugby union matches according to game outcome.   Methods: Twenty-two professional male rugby union players were studied across 6 games (3 wins and 3 losses). Hormone samples were taken 40 min before the game and 15 min after. The hormonal data were grouped and compared against competition outcomes. These competition outcomes included wins and losses and a game-ranked performance score (1–6).   Results: Across the entire team, pregame testosterone concentrations were significantly higher during winning games than losses (P = 5.