Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the rugby clubs who supported this study and contributed their time and resources to RUFIT-NZ. The authors also wish to acknowledge the Trainers, and Nutritionists who delivered the program, and the Research Assistants who helped with the testing sessions. Finally, the authors wish to acknowledge the men who signed up to this program.Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand: A Randomized controlled trial, builds on the Football Fans in Training (FFIT) program, the development and evaluation of which was undertaken by a research team led by the University of Glasgow with funding from various grants including a Medical Research Council (MRC) grant (reference number MC_UU_12017/3), a Chief Scientist Office (CSO) grant (reference number CZG/2/504), and a National Institute for Health Research grant (NIHR) (reference number 09/3010/06). The development and evaluation of FFIT was facilitated through partnership working with the Scottish Professional Football League Trust. We gratefully acknowledge some source material from the Nutrition & Dietetic Department, NHS Forth Valley and Men’s Health Clinic, Camelon, Falkirk. The program development is described in Gray et al. (2013), the results of the program evaluation are reported in Wyke et al. (2015) and Hunt et al. (2014). These publications (and others relating to the program) are available from 