Table 1

Factors influencing attendance at preseason rugby training

	Weeks attended				Sessions attended
Factor	n*	Adjusted mean†	Standard error	p Value	n*	Adjusted mean‡	Standard error	p Value
*A small number of players did not answer all the questions and have been excluded from particular analyses.
†Adjusted for age, contractual playing status, whether an injury delayed the start of the training or not, and whether an injury occurred during preseason training or not obtained from least squares means from analysis of covariance.
‡Adjusted for age, contractual playing status, and whether an injury occurred during preseason training or not obtained from least squares means from analysis of covariance.
Contractual playing status
Professional	27	13.7	0.97		27	63.1	2.58
Amateur	753	6.1	0.27	0.000	745	14.2	0.68	0.000
Injury delaying the start of preseason training
Yes	150	9.3	0.60		149	37.6	1.60
No	630	10.6	0.53	0.007	623	39.1	1.42	0.240
Injured during preseason training
Yes	117	10.4	0.62		116	40.4	1.66
No	663	9.4	0.53	0.048	656	36.9	1.35	0.010
Physical activities over summer
No activities undertaken	128	8.0	0.67		126	34.5	1.80
Aerobic and/or power activities undertaken	645	10.0	0.51	0.000	639	38.9	1.35	0.001