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Prodigious alcohol consumption by Australian rugby league footballers
Author(s) -
LAWSON JAMES S.,
EVANS ALICE R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239200185691
Subject(s) - amateur , league , football , psychology , alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , intervention (counseling) , advertising , history , sociology , alcohol , psychiatry , archaeology , business , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , astronomy , physics
As an incidental finding in a general ‘life‐style’ survey, amateur rugby footballers were found to drink prodigious (12–24 schooners per session) quantities of beer. Such drinking was regarded by the players as part of the traditions of mateship associated with the game. The need for intervention is discussed.