This statistic illustrates the distribution of match events leading to injury within the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series for forwards, backs and all players.
Being-tackled, tackling and running are the match events responsible for most injuries sustained by backs, while being-tackled, tackling and collision are the events responsible for most injuries sustained by forwards.
Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, 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). Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by position [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/
World Rugby. "Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by position." Chart. September 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/
World Rugby. (2019). Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by position. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/
World Rugby. "Share of Match Events Leading to Injury during The 2018/19 Men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by Position." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/
World Rugby, Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by position Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of match events leading to injury during the 2018/19 men's Rugby Sevens World Series, by position [Graph], World Rugby, September 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089178/causes-of-injuries-sustained-during-the-men-s-rugby-sevens-world-series/
