Why men stopped playing rugby according to age group (in years)
| <20 | 20–24 | 25–29 | ≥30 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for stopping | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| Feels too old to play | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 47 | 8 |
| Rugby injury | 13 | 19 | 32 | 28 | 39 | 38 | 61 | 22 | 145 | 26 |
| Other injury | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 5 |
| Employment | 10 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 64 | 23 | 141 | 25 |
| Studies | 16 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 6 |
| Family | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 15 | 57 | 10 |
| Disillusion with game (playing) | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| Disillusion with game (system) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 4 |
| Fear of injury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 4 |
| Other reasons | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 50 | 9 |
| Total number of reasons | 70 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 104 | 100 | 276 | 100 | 566 | 100 |
| Number of players | 57 | 90 | 73 | 170 | 390 | |||||