Table 1

Incidence of major injury types and locations in the final match in short congested match cycles compared to during match-play outside the cycles

Incidence of injury type and location	Match outside congested periods	Final match in congested periods of		IRR (95% CI) for match-play outside congestion vs final match in congested cycles
Incidence of injury type and location	Match outside congested periods	2 matches ≤3 days	3 matches ≤4 days	2 matches ≤3 days	p Value	3 matches ≤4 days	p Value
Strains	16.6 (7 to 26)	33.3 (12 to 55)	36.0 (4 to 68)	2.0 (0.8 to 4.8)	0.1120	2.2 (0.8 to 6.2)	0.1453
Hamstring	11.1 (3 to 18)	22.3 (5 to 40)	28.8 (1 to 57)	2.0 (0.7 to 5.8)	0.1944	2.6 (0.8 to 8.7)	0.1179
Quadriceps	0.0	0.0	7.2 (−7 to 21)
Groin	1.4 (−1 to 4)	3.7 (−4 to 11)	0.0	2.7 (0.2 to 43.0)	0.4845
Calf	4.1 (−1 to 9)	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	7.4 (−3 to 18)	0.0
Sprains	4.1 (0 to 9)	14.9 (0 to 29)	28.8 (1 to 57)	3.6 (0.8 to 16.2)	0.0947	7.0 (1.5 to 31.4)	0.0112
Ankle	2.8 (−1 to 7)	14.9 (0 to 29)	28.8 (1 to 57)	5.4 (1.0 to 29.3)	0.0522	10.4 (1.9 to 57.9)	0.0068
Knee	1.4 (−1 to 4)
Contusion	19.4 (9 to 29)	14.9 (0 to 29)	12.8 (−6 to 34)	0.8 (0.3 to 2.3)	0.6794	0.7 (0.2 to 2.2)	0.6519