Table 14 Incidence of training injury (injuries/1000 player-hours) as a function of activity at time of injury
Training activityIncidence of injury, injuries/1000 player-hours (95% CI)
ForwardsBacksAll players
Conditioning
    Non-weights1.0 (0.1 to 7.1)2.3 (0.6 to 9.2)1.6 (0.5 to 5.0)
    Weights0.0 (—)0.8 (0.1 to 5.7)0.4 (0.1 to 2.8)
Skills
    Full contact14.3 (8.8 to 23.3)7.3 (3.3 to 16.3)11.3 (7.4 to 17.2)
    Semi-contact3.6 (1.8 to 7.2)6.2 (3.4 to 11.2)4.8 (3.1 to 7.5)
    Non-contact1.7 (0.8 to 3.8)2.5 (1.3 to 5.0)2.1 (1.2 to 3.6)
All activities3.5 (2.7 to 4.5)3.6 (2.6 to 5.5)3.5 (2.7 to 4.5)