Cummins, Cloe

King, Douglas

Clark, Trevor

2017

aim: To investigate the incidence, site, nature, and severity of injuries of a division 1 amateur rugby league team in New Zealand by positional groups. Study Design: Observational prospective cohort study. Subjects: A total of 145 amateur rugby league players of a premier level division 1 amateur rugby league team participated in this study over two consecutive competition seasons. outcome Measures: For each match-play injury it was recorded; how the injury occurred; how many games, if any were subsequently missed; and the type, site and severity of injury. Injuries were reported as rate per 1,000 hours, also broken down into severity ac - cording to the number of games missed. Results: Over the duration of the study there were 377 injuries recorded with a total injury rate of 419.3 per 1,000 match hr. There was a significant difference observed that hit-up forwards recorded more lower limb injuries than adjustables (RR: 1.6 [95% CI: 1.0 to 2.6] p=0.044) but not significantly more than outside backs (RR: 1.3 [95% CI: 0.9 to 2.1] p=0.210). Hit-up forwards recorded more injuries as the ball-carrier than the tackler, whilst outside backs and adjustables recorded more injuries as the tackler than the ball carrier. Conclusions: This study has identified that there are positional differences in the rate, site and type of injuries that occur during amateur rugby league match-play. The study further identifies that rugby league match-play is associated with high injury rates and that additional injury prevention strategies designed to reduce the incidence of injury in rugby league are required.

New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(2), p. 60-64

1175-6063

0110-6384

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22903

Sports Medicine New Zealand Inc

Injuries in New Zealand amateur rugby league matches by positional groups

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