Injury in Starting and Replacement Players from Five Professional Men's Rugby Unions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare the incidence, severity, and burden of injury in starting and replacement players from professional men's teams of five rugby unions.

Methods

Match injuries of greater than 24 h time-loss (including data on the severity, match quarter, event, body region) and player minutes of match exposure data were collated for all starting and replacement players in the men's English Premiership, Welsh Pro14 (both 2016/17-2018/19 seasons), and Australian, New Zealand, and South African Super Rugby (all 2016-2018 seasons) teams. Injury incidences and mean injury burden (incidence × days missed) were calculated, and rate ratios (RRs) (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) were used to compare injury incidence and burden between starting (reference

SUBMITTER: Roberts SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329520 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature