Position | Total | % | % of team | % wearing SC | Standardised injury ratio | 95% CI |
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Standardised injury ratio = 1.70, 95% CI 1.04 to 2.70. Of the 164 cases, there were 183 superficial injuries, 104 injuries to the head, defined as the area under the headgear (71 lacerations, 18 abrasions, and 15 others), and 79 to the face (26 lacerations, 23 abrasions, 16 fractures, and 14 others). | ||||||
SC, Scrum cap. | ||||||
Number 8 | 19 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 1.04 to 2.72 |
Centre | 21 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.59 to 1.47 |
Flanker | 25 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 1.2 | 0.74 to 1.69 |
Full back | 6 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.20 to 1.19 |
Hooker | 12 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 0.57 to 1.92 |
Lock | 18 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 0.49 to 1.30 |
Outside half | 14 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.70 to 2.16 |
Prop | 25 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 1.2 | 0.74 to 1.69 |
Scrum half | 11 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 to 1.81 |
Wing | 13 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 23.1 | 0.6 | 0.32 to 1.02 |
Total | 164 | 100.0 | 100.0 |