Match Injuries

Table 1 summarises the range of documented estimates for match-related injury outcomes in elite women’s rugby.

	Position	Injury Incidence*	Mean Severity (Days lost)	Injury Burden (Days lost)*
Rugby 15s	Overall	8.3 to 53	5 to 128	42 to 3,179
	Backs	27 to 55	29 to 167	1,085 to 4,482
	Forwards	16 to 53	5 to 68	78 to 3,119

Rugby 7s	Overall	71 to 132	13 to 131	1,605 to 13,465
	Backs	63 to 161	14 to 141	2,220 to 19,482
	Forwards	36 to 138	9 to 250	321 to 13,004
*Values expressed as rate per 1000 player-match-hours