No of injuries (%) | RR (95% CI), p Value | ||||||
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Sequence and type of tackle | No of tackles in general play (%) | BC | T1 | T2 | BC | T1 | T2 |
One-on-one tackles | |||||||
Tackler-1 (all) | 3558 (100) | 60 (100) | 41 (100) | – | |||
Arm | 1690 (47.5) | 14 (23.3) | 17 (41.5) | – | 0.49 (0.29 to 0.83), 0.008* | 0.87 (0.54 to 1.41), 0.575 | – |
Collision | 384 (10.8) | 20 (33.3) | 1 (2.4) | – | 3.09 (1.97 to 4.84), <0.001* | 0.23 (0.03 to 1.61), 0.136 | – |
Jersey | 93 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 4 (9.8) | – | 0.00 (−),− | 3.73 (1.37 to 10.15), 0.010 | – |
Lift | 16 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | 0.00 (−),− | 0.00 (−),− | − |
Shoulder | 826 (23.2) | 19 (31.7) | 17 (41.5) | – | 1.36 (0.87 to 2.15), 0.180 | 1.79 (1.10 to 2.89), 0.018 | – |
Smother | 526 (14.8) | 7 (11.7) | 2 (4.9) | – | 0.79 (0.37 to 1.66), 0.535 | 0.33 (0.08 to 1.32), 0.116 | – |
Tap | 23 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | 0.00 (−), − | 0.00 (−), − | – |
Double-tackles | |||||||
Tackler-1 (all) | 2512 (100) | 72 (100) | 42 (100) | – | |||
Arm | 1443 (57.4) | 47 (65.3) | 18 (42.9) | – | 1.14 (0.85 to 1.52),0.390 | 0.75 (0.47 to 1.19),0.215 | – |
Collision | 10 (0.4) | 3 (4.2) | 5 (11.9) | – | 10.47 (2.88 to 38.03), <0.001* | 29.90 (10.22 to 87.49), <0.001* | – |
Jersey | 86 (3.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | 0.00 (−), − | 0.00 (−), − | – |
Lift | 11 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | 0.00 (−), − | 0.00 (−), − | – |
Shoulder | 746 (29.7) | 21 (29.2) | 17 (40.5) | – | 0.98 (0.64 to 1.52), 0.936 | 1.36 (0.84 to 2.20), 0.208 | – |
Smother | 209 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.8) | – | 0.00 (−), − | 0.57 (0.14 to 2.30), 0.430 | – |
Tap | 7 (0.3) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | – | 4.98 (0.61 to 40.51), 0.134 | 0.00 (−), − | – |
Tackler-2 (all) | 2515 (100) | 71 (100) | – | 24 (100) | |||
Arm | 1589 (63.2) | 39 (54.9) | – | 11 (45.8) | 0.87 (0.63 to 1.19), 0.390 | – | 0.73 (0.40 to 1.31), 0.289 |
Collision | 14 (0.6) | 7 (9.9) | – | 4 (16.7) | 17.71 (7.15 to 43.88), <0.001* | – | 29.94 (9.86 to 90.96), <0.001* |
Jersey | 22 (0.9) | 2 (2.8) | – | 0 (0) | 3.22 (0.76 to 13.69), 0.114 | – | 0.00 (−), − |
Lift | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | 0.00 (−), − | – | 0.00 (−), − |
Shoulder | 358 (14.2) | 11 (15.5) | – | 8 (33.3) | 1.09 (0.60 to 1.98), 0.779 | – | 2.34 (1.16 to 4.72), 0.017 |
Smother | 527 (21.0) | 12 (16.9) | – | 1 (4.2) | 0.81 (0.46 to 1.43), 0.459 | – | 0.20 (0.03 to 1.41), 0.107 |
Tap | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | 0.00 (−), − | – | 0.00 (−), − |
↵* Statistically signifi cant difference (<0.01).
BC, ball carrier; T1, Tackler-1; T2, Tackler-2.