Comparison of Australian Football League Women's athletes match day energy and nutrient intake to recommendations

Athletes covered an average distance of 6712 ± 622 m during matches.

• Match volume and high-intensity running efforts were similar in early and late matches, with 8.5 ± 4.9 and 9.5 ± 5.5 efforts, respectively.
• 71% of athletes met their predicted daily energy requirements across all match days.
• 82% of athletes did not meet minimum daily carbohydrate recommendations, with lower intake on early match days (4.7 g/kg/day) compared to late match days (5.4 g/kg/day).
• No athletes met carbohydrate recommendations in the 2 hours prior to a match, and only 24% met recommendations during matches.
• All athletes met post-match carbohydrate and protein requirements.

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