TABLE 3.
Expected HAE exposure per player per season and the difference in HAE exposure compared to current FGE limits (30 FGEs) in rugby union.
| FGEs | HAE exposure per player per season (95% CI) | Difference in HAE exposure compared to current limits (30 FGE) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLA >20 g | PLA >40 g | PAA >1500 rad/s2 | PAA >3000 rad/s2 | PLA >20 g | PLA >40 g | PAA >1500 rad/s2 | PAA >3000 rad/s2 | |||||||||
| Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | Fwds | Bcks | |
| ≤30 | 266 (263–269) | 132 (130–135) | 34 (33–35) | 22 (21–23) | 233 (230–236) | 120 (118–122) | 35 (34–36) | 20 (19–21) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| ≤29 | 257 (254–260) | 128 (125–130) | 33 (32–34) | 21 (20–22) | 225 (222–228) | 116 (114–118) | 34 (33–35) | 20 (19–21) | −9 | −4 | −1 | −1 | −8 | −4 | −1 | −1 |
| ≤28 | 248 (245–251) | 123 (121–126) | 32 (31–33) | 20 (20–21) | 218 (215–221) | 112 (110–114) | 33 (32–34) | 19 (18–20) | −18 | −9 | −2 | −1 | −16 | −8 | −2 | −1 |
| ≤27 | 239 (236–242) | 119 (117–121) | 31 (30–32) | 20 (19–21) | 210 (207–213) | 108 (106–110) | 32 (31–33) | 18 (17–19) | −27 | −13 | −3 | −2 | −23 | −12 | −4 | −2 |
| ≤26 | 230 (228–233) | 115 (112–117) | 30 (29–31) | 19 (18–20) | 202 (200–205) | 104 (102–106) | 31 (30–32) | 18 (17–18) | −35 | −18 | −5 | −3 | −31 | −16 | −5 | −3 |
| ≤25 | 222 (219–224) | 110 (108–112) | 28 (27–29) | 18 (17–19) | 194 (192–197) | 100 (98–102) | 29 (28–30) | 17 (16–18) | −44 | −22 | −6 | −4 | −39 | −20 | −6 | −3 |
| ≤24 | 213 (210–215) | 106 (104–108) | 27 (26–28) | 18 (17–18) | 187 (184–189) | 96 (94–98) | 28 (27–29) | 16 (15–17) | −53 | −26 | −7 | −4 | −47 | −24 | −7 | −4 |
| ≤23 | 204 (201–206) | 101 (100–103) | 26 (25–27) | 17 (16–18) | 179 (177–181) | 92 (90–94) | 27 (26–28) | 16 (15–16) | −62 | −31 | −8 | −5 | −54 | −28 | −8 | −5 |
| ≤22 | 195 (193–197) | 97 (95–99) | 25 (24–26) | 16 (15–17) | 171 (169–173) | 88 (86–90) | 26 (25–27) | 15 (14–16) | −71 | −35 | −9 | −6 | −62 | −32 | −9 | −5 |
| ≤21 | 186 (184–188) | 93 (91–94) | 24 (23–25) | 15 (15–16) | 163 (161–165) | 84 (83–86) | 25 (24–25) | 14 (14–15) | −80 | −39 | −10 | −7 | −70 | −36 | −11 | −6 |
| ≤20 | 177 (175–179) | 88 (87–90) | 23 (22–23) | 15 (14–15) | 156 (154–158) | 80 (79–82) | 24 (23–24) | 14 (13–14) | −88 | −44 | −11 | −7 | −78 | −40 | −12 | −7 |
Note: Counts and differences are rounded to the nearest integer.