TABLE 2.
Expected contact exposure per season, the difference in the number of contacts compared to the 30 FGE limit for rugby union and 33 FGEs (current maximum FGEs played) in rugby league and the number of players who would have a reduced contact exposure per season based on current FGE limits in rugby union and maximum FGEs played in rugby league.
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FGEs |
Rugby union | Rugby league | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact exposure per player per season (95% CI) | Difference in number of contacts compared to 30 FGE | Players with reduced contact exposure based on current 30 FGE limit (% of playing population) | Contact exposure per player per season (95% CI) | Difference in number of contacts compared to 33 FGEs | Players with reduced contact exposure based on 33 FGE comparison (% of playing population) | |||||||||
| Forwards | Backs | Forwards | Backs | Overall | Forwards | Backs | Forwards | Backs | Forwards | Backs | Overall | Forwards | Backs | |
| ≤30 | 1272 (1265–1279) | 618 (613–624) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 1569 (1557–1580) | 705 (697–712) | −154 | −71 | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.1%) |
| ≤29 | 1230 (1223–1236) | 598 (593–603) | −42 | −21 | 3 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.2%) | 1518 (1507–1528) | 681 (674–688) | −205 | −94 | 3 (0.7%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1.1%) |
| ≤28 | 1187 (1181–1194) | 577 (572–582) | −85 | −41 | 3 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.2%) | 1466 (1456–1477) | 658 (650–665) | −257 | −118 | 9 (2.2%) | 1 (0.5%) | 8 (4.4%) |
| ≤27 | 1145 (1139–1151) | 557 (552–562) | −127 | −62 | 5 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (1.6%) | 1415 (1405–1425) | 634 (627–641) | −308 | −142 | 16 (4.0%) | 2 (1.1%) | 14 (7.7%) |
| ≤26 | 1103 (1096–1109) | 536 (532–541) | −169 | −82 | 5 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (1.6%) | 1364 (1354–1373) | 611 (604–617) | −359 | −165 | 22 (5.5%) | 3 (1.6%) | 19 (10.4%) |
| ≤25 | 1060 (1054–1066) | 516 (511–520) | −212 | −103 | 15 (2.5%) | 4 (1.2%) | 11 (4.4%) | 1312 (1303–1321) | 587 (580–594) | −410 | −189 | 29 (7.2%) | 6 (3.3%) | 23 (12.6%) |
| ≤24 | 1018 (1012–1024) | 495 (491–499) | −254 | −124 | 23 (3.8%) | 8 (2.3%) | 15 (6.0%) | 1261 (1252–1270) | 563 (557–570) | −462 | −212 | 35 (8.7%) | 7 (3.8%) | 28 (15.4%) |
| ≤23 | 976 (970–981) | 474 (470–478) | −296 | −144 | 37 (6.2%) | 16 (4.6%) | 21 (8.4%) | 1210 (1202–1218) | 540 (534–546) | −513 | −236 | 42 (10.4%) | 10 (5.5%) | 32 (17.6%) |
| ≤22 | 933 (928–939) | 454 (450–458) | −338 | −165 | 49 (8.2%) | 23 (6.6%) | 26 (10.4%) | 1158 (1151–1166) | 516 (510–523) | −564 | −260 | 50 (12.4%) | 13 (7.1%) | 37 (20.3%) |
| ≤21 | 891 (886–896) | 433 (430–437) | −381 | −185 | 62 (10.4%) | 28 (8.1%) | 34 (13.5%) | 1107 (1100–1114) | 493 (487–499) | −616 | −283 | 60 (14.9%) | 15 (8.2%) | 45 (24.7%) |
| ≤20 | 849 (844–853) | 413 (409–416) | −443 | −206 | 72 (12.0%) | 34 (9.8%) | 38 (15.1%) | 1056 (1049‐106) | 469 (463–475) | −667 | −307 | 77 (19.2%) | 24 (13.1%) | 53 (29.1%) |
Note: Counts are rounded to the nearest integer. The number of rugby union and rugby league players with reduced contact exposure is compared to current FGE limits in rugby union and the current maximum FGE played in rugby league. Data are also presented in Figure 1A,B.