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Table 5.

Tackle numbers and rates in rugby sevens (all levels of play).

Study	Cohort	Rate definition	Tackle rate
Suarez-Arrones et al¹⁷⁷	Professional Spanish League team	Tackles (tackling and tackled)/game	Forwards: 7.4±1.8 (first half: 3.3±1.3, second half: 4.1±1.8)
Suarez-Arrones et al¹⁷⁷	Professional Spanish League team	Tackles (tackling and tackled)/game	Backs: 4.1±2.4 (first half: 2.3±1.8, second half: 1.9±1.4)
Ross et al¹⁷⁸	New Zealand provincial rugby sevens championship teams	Tackling/minute	0.19±0.13
Ross et al¹⁷⁸	International Sevens World Series team	Tackling/minute	0.2±0.15
Ross et al¹⁷⁹	International Sevens World Series team	a) Tackling/game	Forwards: 2.68±2.59,^a 1.59±2.24^b
Ross et al¹⁷⁹	International Sevens World Series team	b) Tackled/game	Backs: 2.41±2.52,^a 1.79±2.85^b

^a, tackling/game; ^b, tackled/game.