Distribution of injuries by body region and player position grouping
Front row (n = 33) | Back five (n = 74) | Halves (n = 23) | Inside backs (n = 27) | Outside backs (n = 32) | All positions | |||||||
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Values are percentages of their respective columns. | ||||||||||||
Head neck and face | 45.5 | 37.8 | 26.1 | 22.2 | 31.3 | 34.4 | ||||||
Ankle and foot | 9.1 | 14.9 | 8.7 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 14.3 | ||||||
Thigh | 0.0 | 8.1 | 17.4 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 9.5 | ||||||
Knee | 12.1 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 18.5 | 15.6 | 12.7 | ||||||
Lower leg | 15.2 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 9.0 | ||||||
Trunk | 6.1 | 2.7 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 12.5 | 6.3 | ||||||
Elbow and forearm | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||||||
Shoulder and upper arm | 3.0 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 7.9 | ||||||
Wrist and hand | 9.1 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 |