This statistic presents the number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 categorized as backs, forwards and all players. During the 2018/19 season, backs were found to have a significantly greater number of match injuries than forwards. As a typical rugby sevens team consists of four backs and 3 forwards, one possible explanation for this is the collective time spent in play of players within each position type, which is significantly greater for backs than for forwards. As such, any inferences regarding the probability of injury from a given position would be best drawn from the incidence of injury which presents the number of injuries within to have occurred within a time period of 1000 match-hours.
The average number of match injuries of all players Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 was 210.
Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position
Each player’s baseline anthropometric information was recorded on a Player Baseline Information Form (playing position [back, forward]; date of birth; body mass [Kg]; height [cm]); players joining a country’s squad at a later date were added to the list of players and the anthropometric data recorded at the time the player joined the squad.
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World Rugby. (September 6, 2019). Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/
World Rugby. "Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position." Chart. September 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/
World Rugby. (2019). Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/
World Rugby. "Number of Match Injuries of Men's Rugby Sevens World Series Players in 2018/19 by Position." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/
World Rugby, Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of match injuries of men's Rugby Sevens World Series players in 2018/19 by position [Graph], World Rugby, September 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089153/number-of-injuries-of-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series-players-by-position/
