Event type | Number of injuries | Incidence of injury | Severity of injury | Risk of injury | ||
Injuries/1000 player-hours (95% CI) | Injuries/1000 events (95% CI) | Days (95% CI) | Days lost/1000 player-hours (95% CI) | Days lost/1000 events (95% CI) | ||
Collision | 36 | 3.9 (2.8–5.4) | 10.5 (7.6–14.6) | 19.0 (6.6–31.4) | 74.1 (53.5–102.7) | 199.8 (144.1–277.0) |
Lineout | 8 | 0.9 (0.5–1.8) | 1.1 (0.6–2.2) | 41.9 (8.6–75.2) | 36.3 (18.2–72.6) | 46.5 (23.3–93.0) |
Maul | 21 | 2.3 (1.5–3.5) | 4.9 (3.2–7.5) | 9.6 (3.6–15.6) | 21.8 (14.2–33.4) | 47.2 (30.8–72.4) |
Not collapsed | 9 | 1.0 (0.5–1.9) | 6.4 (3.3–12.3) | 10.8 (0–23.3) | 10.5 (5.5–20.2) | 69.0 (35.9–132.6) |
collapsed | 12 | 1.3 (0.7–2.3) | 4.2 (2.4–7.4) | 8.7 (3.5–13.9) | 11.3 (6.4–19.9) | 36.7 (20.8–64.6) |
Ruck | 65 | 7.0 (5.5–8.9) | 2.0 (1.6–2.6) | 12.7 (8.6–16.8) | 89.2 (70.0–113.8) | 25.0 (19.6–31.9) |
Scrum | 54 | 5.8 (4.4–7.6) | 8.1 (6.2–10.6) | 26.4 (17.1–35.7) | 154.2 (118.1–201.3) | 213.2 (163.2–278.2) |
Not collapsed | 50 | 5.4 (4.1–7.1) | 9.0 (6.8–11.9) | 27.9 (18.0–37.8) | 150.9 (114.4–199.1) | 251.6 (190.7–332.0) |
collapsed | 4 | 0.4 (0.2–1.1) | 3.5 (1.3–9.3) | 7.5 (5.4–9.6) | 3.2 (1.2–8.5) | 26.0 (9.8–69.3) |
Tackle | 313 | 33.9 (30.3–37.9) | 6.1 (5.5–6.8) | 20.7 (16.7–24.7) | 701.6 (628.0–783.8) | 127.0 (113.7–141.9) |
All events | 497 | 53.8 (49.3–58.7) | 4.7 (4.3–5.1) | 20.0 (17.0–23.0) | 1077.2 (986.5–1176.2) | 94.3 (86.4–103.0) |