Table 1.

Gender and participation level for match and training injuries by number of studies, number of participants, injuries recorded, exposure hours and injury incidence with 95% confidence interval for included published rugby league studies.

Activity	Gender/Participation level	Studies	Participants	Injuries	Match exposure	Injury Incidence
		n	n	n	hr	Rate (95%CI)
Match Injuriesa
Gender
	Male2, 3, 4,7, 8, 9, 10,16,39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68	37	4349	15,605	157,673	99.0 (97.4–100.5)
	Female46	1	100	101	329	306.8 (252.4–372.9)
Participation level
	Professional3,4,9,16,59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68	14	1209	9,044bcde	103,144	87.7 (85.9–89.5)
	Elite57,58	2	266	559acde	4881	114.5 (105.4–124.4)
	Semi-Professional2,8,10,55,56	5	663	3,346abde	7752	431.6 (417.2–446.5)
	Amateur42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54	13	2144	2,362abce	15,918	155.4 (149.3–161.8)
	Junior7,39, 40, 41	4	167	395abcd	27,028	14.6 (13.2–16.1)
	Total	38	4449	15,706	158,003	99.4 (97.9–101.0)
Training Injuriesb
Gender
	Male8,10,16,50,68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76	12	1429	3077	264,033	11.7 (11.2–12.1)
Participation Level
	Professional16,68,74, 75, 76	4	162	755bcd	199,877	3.8 (3.6–6.1)
	Elite72,73	2	403	1,022acd	10,528	97.1 (91.3–103.2)
	Semi-Professional8,10,71	3	295	1,116abd	22,268	50.1 (47.3–53.1)
	Amateur50,69,70	3	569	184abc	31,360	5.9 (5.1–6.8)
	Total	12	1429	3077	264,033	11.7 (11.2–12.1)

CI: Confidence Interval; (a) = per 1000 match-hr; (b) = per 1000 training-hr; Significant difference (p < 0.05) than (a) = Professional; (b) = Elite; (c) = Semi-Professional; (d) = Amateur; (e) = Junior.