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SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players?

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  • Ben Jones Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK England Performance Unit, Rugby Football League, Leeds, UK Leeds Rhinos Rugby League club, Leeds, UK Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gemma Phillips Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK England Performance Unit, Rugby Football League, Leeds, UK Hull Kingston Rovers, Hull, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Simon Kemp Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, UK London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brendan Payne Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brian Hart Catapult Sports, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matthew Cross Premiership Rugby, London, UK Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Keith A Stokes Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, UK Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Ben Jones, Leeds Beckett University - Headingley Campus, Leeds LS6 3QT, UK; B.Jones{at}leedsbeckett.ac.uk
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Citation

Jones B, Phillips G, Kemp S, et al
SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players?
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:807-813.

Publication history

  • Accepted December 28, 2020
  • First published February 11, 2021.
Online issue publication 
October 11, 2022

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