Incidence and severity of injuries sustained during various training activities for forwards and backs
| Training activity | Forwards | Backs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence (95% CI) | Severity (95% CI) | Risk (95% CI) | Incidence (95% CI) | Severity (95% CI) | Risk (95% CI) | |
| Risk = incidence × severity. It equates to the number of days absence/1000 hours of training. | ||||||
| Skills | ||||||
| General play/phase work | 2.5 (1.9 to 3.1) | 25 (16 to 34) | 63 (60 to 66) | 2.2 (1.6 to 2.9) | 22 (13 to 30) | 49 (46 to 52) |
| Defence | 2.5 (1.6 to 3.5) | 40 (15 to 65) | 102 (96 to 107) | 2.2 (1.2 to 3.2) | 34 (3 to 65) | 75 (69 to 81) |
| Line outs | 1.3 (0.6 to 2.1) | 27 (2 to 52) | 36 (32 to 40) | – | – | – |
| Scrummaging | 1.7 (0.6 to 2.8) | 27 (6 to 49) | 47 (41 to 52) | – | – | – |
| Rucking/mauling | 5.9 (3.4 to 8.5) | 23 (12 to 35) | 138 (126 to 150) | 1.8 (0 to 3.8) | 24 (0 to 82) | 43 (33 to 53) |
| Other skills | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.7) | 15 (6 to 23) | 17 (15 to 19) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.2) | 23 (5 to 41) | 37 (33 to 40) |
| All skills | 2.2 (1.8 to 2.5) | 28 (20 to 34) | 61 (59 to 62) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.4) | 25 (17 to 34) | 50 (48 to 52) |
| Conditioning | ||||||
| Weights | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.3) | 16 (7 to 26) | 15 (13 to 16) | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.7) | 20 (1 to 38) | 8 (7 to 10) |
| Speed and agility | 1.9 (0.9 to 3.0) | 9 (5 to 14) | 18 (15 to 22) | 2.0 (1.0 to 3.1) | 11 (5 to 18) | 23 (19 to 27) |
| Endurance | 3.0 (1.8 to 4.1) | 13 (5 to 22) | 40 (35 to 44) | 3.1 (1.7 to 4.5) | 15 (8 to 21) | 45 (40 to 50) |
| Fitness testing | 9.8 (1.2 to 18) | 47 (0 to 150) | 457 (398 to 515) | 4.6 (0 to 11) | 8 (0 to 77) | 35 (17 to 52) |
| Other conditioning | 4.5 (1.6 to 7.4) | 22 (4 to 39) | 97 (83 to 111) | 1.5 (0 to 3.1) | 10 (0 to 26) | 14 (9 to 19) |
| All conditioning | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.3) | 17 (10 to 23) | 30 (28 to 32) | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) | 13 (10 to 17) | 18 (17 to 19) |