Editing Rugby football (section)

== Injuries ==
About a quarter of rugby players are injured in each season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://physioworks.com.au/Injuries-Conditions/Activities/rugby-union-injuries |title=Common Rugby Injuries |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507133607/https://physioworks.com.au/Injuries-Conditions/Activities/rugby-union-injuries |url-status=live }}</ref>

Being a high contact sport, rugby union has the highest announced rates of concussions<ref name="urlHigh school rugby cancelled across Nova Scotia due to safety concerns | CBC News">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rugby-federation-cancels-games-1.5120503 |title=High school rugby cancelled across Nova Scotia due to safety concerns &#124; CBC News |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001053225/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rugby-federation-cancels-games-1.5120503 |url-status=live }}</ref> and outside England also has the highest number of catastrophic injuries<ref name="urlRugby Player Welfare, Part 2: Rugby Is Not the NFL...Not Yet, Anyway | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights">{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1723404-rugby-player-welfare-part-two-rugby-is-not-the-nfl-not-yet-anyways|title=Rugby Player Welfare, Part 2: 'Rugby Is Not the NFL'...Not Yet, Anyway|first=Jeff|last=Hull|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719092136/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1723404-rugby-player-welfare-part-two-rugby-is-not-the-nfl-not-yet-anyways|url-status=live}}</ref> out of any team sport.<ref name="urlWhat Sport Has The Most Concussions? | Concussion Rate">{{Cite web|url=https://completeconcussions.com/2018/12/05/concussion-rates-what-sport-most-concussions/|title=What Sport Has The Most Concussions? &#124; Concussion Rate|date=6 December 2018|website=Complete Concussion Management Inc.|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719050047/https://completeconcussions.com/2018/12/05/concussion-rates-what-sport-most-concussions/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pmid25138311/> A 2014 study found that during match play concussion was reported at a higher level, and during training at a lower level, but still at a higher level than most players of any other sport receive.<ref name=pmid25138311>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s40279-014-0233-3 |pmid=25138311 |title=A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Concussion in Rugby Union |journal=Sports Medicine |volume=44 |issue=12 |pages=1717–1731 |year=2014 |last1=Gardner |first1=Andrew J |last2=Iverson |first2=Grant L |last3=Williams |first3=W. Huw |last4=Baker |first4=Stephanie |last5=Stanwell |first5=Peter |s2cid=23808676 }}</ref>