The incidence of injury in amateur male rugby union: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Yeomans, IC Kenny, R Cahalan, GD Warrington… - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Rugby union is a physically demanding, full-contact team sport that has gained
worldwide popularity. The incidence of injury in rugby union has been widely reported in the …

A meta-analysis of injuries in senior men's professional Rugby Union

S Williams, G Trewartha, S Kemp, K Stokes - Sports medicine, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Rugby Union has one of the highest reported incidences of match
injuries amongst all professional team sports. The majority of research within this field has …

Injury trends in Irish amateur rugby: an epidemiological comparison of men and women

C Yeomans, IC Kenny, R Cahalan… - Sports …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Rugby union is a physically demanding sport that carries an inherent risk of
injury. Despite being a popular and widely played team sport, little is known about injuries …

A review of a decade of rugby Union injury epidemiology: 2007-2017

PL Viviers, JT Viljoen, W Derman - Sports Health, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Rugby union is the most widely played team collision sport globally. As with other
contact sports, there is substantial risk of injury. To date, the majority of studies on injury …

Injuries in elite men's rugby union: an updated (2012–2020) meta-analysis of 11,620 match and training injuries

S Williams, C Robertson, L Starling, C McKay, S West… - Sports medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background The most recent meta-analytic review of injuries in elite senior men's Rugby
Union was published in 2013. The demands of the game at the elite level are continually …

Trends in match injury risk in professional male rugby union: a 16-season review of 10 851 match injuries in the English Premiership (2002–2019): the Professional …

SW West, L Starling, S Kemp, S Williams… - British journal of sports …, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project is the largest and longest
running rugby union injury surveillance project globally and focuses on the highest level of …

Epidemiology of injury in elite English schoolboy rugby union: a 3-year study comparing different competitions

C Barden, K Stokes - Journal of Athletic Training, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: Injury risks in professional and community rugby union have been extensively
described; however, less is known about injury epidemiology at the schoolboy level …

The epidemiology of injuries in Australian professional rugby union 2014 super rugby competition

T Whitehouse, R Orr, E Fitzgerald… - … journal of sports …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Rugby union is a collision-based ball sport played at the professional level
internationally. Rugby union has one of the highest reported incidences of injury of all team …

Epidemiology of adolescent rugby injuries: a systematic review

C Bleakley, M Tully, S O'Connor - Journal of athletic …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objective: Despite recent increases in the volume of research in professional rugby union,
there is little consensus on the epidemiology of injury in adolescent players. We undertook a …

Injury risk in international rugby union: three-year injury surveillance of the Welsh national team

IS Moore, C Ranson… - Orthopaedic journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Within international Rugby Union, only injury rates during the Rugby World
Cup have been reported. Therefore, injury rates and types during other international …