Comparison of incidence of injuries by position according to different authors.
| This study 1999 | Van Heerden14 1976 | Roy15 1974 | Clark10 1990 | O'Brien2 1990 | Stokes8 1994 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All values are percentages, and rank order is in parentheses. | |||||||
| 1. | Flanker | 15.5 (1) | 10 (4) | 11 (2) | 8 (5) | 10.7 (6) | 13.4 (1) |
| 2. | Hooker | 11.6 (2) | 9.1 (5) | 11 (2) | 19 (1) | 11.2 (5) | 8.8 (8) |
| 3. | Prop | 11.5 (3) | 8.4 (7) | 9 (5) | 6 (7) | 12.9 (3) | 7.9 (9) |
| 4. | No 8 | 10.8 (4) | 8.6 (6) | 14 (1) | 8 (5) | 6.4 (8) | 6.7 (10) |
| 5. | Fullback | 11.1 (5) | 10.5 (3) | 9.5 (4) | 11 (3) | 15.3 (1) | 10.9 (4) |
| 6. | Fly half | 8.3 (6) | 7.5 (8) | 8.5 (6) | 7 (6) | 7.5 (7) | 9.5 (6) |
| 7. | Second row | 7.8 (7) | 8.4 (7) | 11 (2) | 6 (7) | 6.4 (8) | 9 (7) |
| 8. | Scrum half | 7.8 (7) | 14.2 (1) | 7 (7) | 5 (8) | 3.2 (9) | 10.2 (5) |
| 9. | Centre | 7.6 (9) | 10.5 (3) | 9 (5) | 10 (4) | 14 (2) | 11.8 (2) |
| 10. | Wing | 7.6 (9) | 12 (2) | 10.5 (3) | 15 (2) | 12.3 (4) | 11.4 (3) |
| Forwards | 57.3 | 44.5 | 56 | 47 | 47.6 | 45.8 | |
| Backs | 42.6 | 55.5 | 44 | 53 | 52.4 | 54.2 | |