Table 2.

Event associated with injury for male and female players in match, training and match and training combined

Event associated with injury	Male			Female
	Match, % (IQR)	Training, %	Combined, % (IQR)	Match, % (IQR)	Training, %	Combined, %
Contact (all)	84 (82–87) [16, 25, 30, 32]	51 [18]	67 [35]	89 (86–92) [15, 16, 32]	75 [15]	N/A
Player contact	66 (63–70) [16, 32]	N/A	N/A	56 [16, 32]	N/A	N/A
Other contact	16 (12–20) [16, 32]	N/A	N/A	28 [16, 32]	N/A	N/A
Non-contact	11 (7–15) [16, 25, 30, 32]	40 [18]	33 [35]	6 (6–7) [15, 16, 32]	21 [15]	N/A
Other	0 [16, 25, 30, 32]	9 [18]	N/A	N/A	4 [15]	N/A
Tackle (all)	55 (48–57) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	28 [18]	55 (52–65) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	71 [15]	45 [15]	62 [32]
Tackling	25 (21–29) [13, 20, 22, 23, 25–27, 29, 31]	17 [18]	27 (23–30) [28, 32, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	41 [15]	24 [15]	33 [32]
Tackled	26 (21–31) [13, 20, 22, 23, 25–27, 29, 31]	11 [18]	30 (25–33) [28, 32, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	30 [15]	22 [15]	29 [32]
Ruck/maul	14 (12–17) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	6 [18]	15 (11–18) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	8 [15]	8 [15]	7 [32]
Other collision	0 (0–0) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	6 [18]	0 (0–1) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	5 [15]	9 [15]	0 [32]
Running	3 (0–6) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	0 [18]	0 (0–0) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	4 [15]	13 [15]	10 [32]
Scrum	3 (1–7) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	6 [18]	7 (1–8) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	5 [15]	5 [15]	0 [32]
Kick	0 (0–0) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	0 [18]	0 (0–0) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	0 [15]	0 [15]	0 [32]
Lineout	0 (0–2) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	0 [18]	1 (0–1) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	0 [15]	0 [15]	0 [32]
Other	6 (0–11) [13, 20–27, 29, 31]	0 [18]	17 (8–21) [28, 32, 36, 37, 39–41, 43, 44]	4 [15]	15 [15]	0 [32]

Data presented represent median proportion of injuries and interquartile range (IQR). Due to the values coming from multiple different studies, the proportion may not sum to 100% total and may be either greater or less than 100%