“Injury” and “blood” replacement reports by individual playing positions, 1990–1997
| Injury replacements 1990–1996 | Blood replacements 1993–1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playing position | Number | Rate per player per 100 matches | Rank order | Number | Rate per player per 100 matches | Rank order |
| Backs | ||||||
| Full back | 182 | 2.3 | 10 | 37 | 0.6 | 8 |
| Wing 3/4 | 419 | 2.6 | 6 | 54 | 0.5 | 10 |
| Centre | 401 | 2.5 | 7 | 88 | 0.7 | 7 |
| Stand-off | 191 | 2.4 | 9 | 33 | 0.6 | 9 |
| Scrum half | 197 | 2.4 | 8 | 69 | 1.2 | 6 |
| Forwards | ||||||
| Prop | 554 | 3.4 | 2 | 183 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Hooker | 244 | 3.0 | 3 | 78 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2nd row | 446 | 2.9 | 5 | 144 | 1.2 | 5 |
| Flanker | 633 | 3.9 | 1 | 212 | 1.8 | 1 |
| No 8 | 235 | 2.9 | 4 | 102 | 1.7 | 2 |
| Unspecified | 11 | |||||
| 3513 | 1000 | |||||