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Letter to the editor
Impact of professionalism on injuries in rugby union
  1. Kenneth L Quarrie1,
  2. David J Chalmers, Deputy Director2
  1. 1Injury Prevention Manager, New Zealand Rugby Union
  2. 2Injury Prevention Research Unit Department of Preventive and Social Medicine Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand david.chalmers@ipru.otago.ac.nz

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.35.6.450

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    Editor,—We were concerned to read about the alarming increase in injury in Scottish rugby union football.1 In their article, Garraway et al report the results of a 1997–1998 survey of senior Scottish club players, which, when compared with the findings of a 1993–1994 survey, indicate a substantial increase in the incidence of injury. The authors attribute this increase to factors associated with the advent of professionalism in rugby union football.

    Garraway et al consider a number of possible explanations for their findings and then conclude that “the factor that is most likely to have contributed to the increased burden of injuries in competitive play and requires the most urgent attention is the almost universal adoption of protective equipment in rugby union between the 1993–1994 and 1997–1998 seasons.” The questions this raised for us was: did …

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