Table 4
Comparison of incidences of contact events (number of contacts/game) for this study with international games12
Event type
Number of contacts per game
This study
Six nations tournament12
Tri-nations tournament12
2003/06
2006
2005
2006
2005
Lineout
31.2
37
34
32
34
Maul/ruck
160.9
149
147
133
143
Scrum
All
28.9
28
27
27
29
Resets
8.7
8
8
8
8