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Science and the Gaelic sports: Gaelic football and hurling

Thomas Reilly Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kieran Collins Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Pages 231-240 | Published online: 03 Oct 2008

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