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The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): The Carling Currie Cup Premiership Competition Injury Surveillance Report 2023
License Copyright (c) 2025 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): SARU Girls’ Youth Week Injury Surveillance Report 2023
1. Fuller CW, Molloy MG, Bagate C, Bahr R, Brooks JHM, Donson H, et al. Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union. Br J Sports Med. 2007;41(5):328–31. [https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2006.033282] [PMID: 17452684] 2. Bahr R, Clarsen B, Derman W, Dvorak J, Emery CA, Finch CF, et al.
The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): SARU Boys’ Youth Week Injury Surveillance Report 2024
1. Fuller CW, Molloy MG, Bagate C, et al. Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union. Br J Sports Med. 2007;41(5):328–31. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2006.033282] [PMID: 17452684] [PMCID: PMC2659070] 2. Bahr R, Clarsen B, Derman W, et al.
The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): The Currie Cup Premiership Competition Injury Surveillance Report 2024
1. Williams S, Robertson C, Starling L, et al. Injuries in elite men’s rugby union: an updated (2012-2020) meta-analysis of 11,620 match and training injuries. Vol. 52, Sports Med (Auckland, N.Z.). 2022 May;52(5):1127-40.[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01603-w] [PMID: 34854059] [PMCID: PMC9023408] 2. Fuller CW, Molloy MG, Bagate C, et al. Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union. Br J Sports Med. 2007;41(5):328–31.
The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): SARU Girls’ Youth Week Injury Surveillance Report 2023
License Copyright (c) 2025 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
License Copyright (c) 2025 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): SARU Girls’ Youth Week Injury Surveillance Report 2022
License Copyright (c) 2024 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
SA Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): The Currie Cup Injury Surveillance Report 2022
License Copyright (c) 2023 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
SA Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): The Carling Currie Cup Premiership Competition Injury Surveillance Report 2021
License Copyright (c) 2022 South African Journal of Sports Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine reserves copyright of the material published. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License. Material submitted for publication in the South African Journal of Sports Medicine is accepted provided it has not been published elsewhere.
The Currie Cup Premiership Competition Injury Surveillance Report 2019
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Team illness prevention strategy (TIPS) is associated with a 59% reduction in acute illness during the Super Rugby tournament: a control-intervention study over 7 seasons involving 126 850 player days | British Journal of Sports Medicine
Team illness prevention strategy (TIPS) is associated with a 59% reduction in acute illness during the Super Rugby tournament: a control–intervention study over 7 seasons involving 126 850 player days Martin Schwellnus1,2, Charl Janse van Rensburg3, Helen Bayne4, Wayne Derman2,5, Clint Readhead6, Rob Collins7, Alan Kourie8, Jason Suter9, Org Strauss10, Nicola Sewry11, Esme Jordaan3 1 Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health...
Team illness prevention strategy (TIPS) is associated with a 59% reduction in acute illness during the Super Rugby tournament: a control-intervention study over 7 seasons involving 126 850 player days | British Journal of Sports Medicine
Team illness prevention strategy (TIPS) is associated with a 59% reduction in acute illness during the Super Rugby tournament: a control–intervention study over 7 seasons involving 126 850 player days Martin Schwellnus1,2, Charl Janse van Rensburg3, Helen Bayne4, Wayne Derman2,5, Clint Readhead6, Rob Collins7, Alan Kourie8, Jason Suter9, Org Strauss10, Nicola Sewry11, Esme Jordaan3 1Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health...
Back to basics with some new tools: first ensure the safety of sporting environments
Recently, effort has been put into the development of sports injury prevention programmes and accompanying education training for specific sports, such as BokSmart (Rugby Union, http://boksmart.co.za/content/what-is-boksmart), FootyFirst (Australian football, http://www.aflcommunityclub.com.au/index.php?id=906) and FIFA 11+ (Soccer, http://f-marc.com/11plus/11plus/). Many involve targeted exercise interventions for players to undertake via coach instructions.
‘VisionZero’: Is it achievable for rugby-related catastrophic injuries in South Africa?
South Africa is home to an estimated 53 million people, 400?000 of whom play rugby union (‘rugby’) (www.worldrugby.com). Although rare, rugby can be associated with permanently disabling injuries, which are tragic for the player and their family and also negative for the sport’s image.1 To reduce these injuries, a nationwide injury prevention programme, called ‘BokSmart’ (www.boksmart.com), was launched in South Africa in 2009.
‘VisionZero’: Is it achievable for rugby-related catastrophic injuries in South Africa?
South Africa is home to an estimated 53 million people, 400 000 of whom play rugby union (‘rugby’) (www.worldrugby.com). Although rare, rugby can be associated with permanently disabling injuries, which are tragic for the player and their family and also negative for the sport’s image.1 To reduce these injuries, a nationwide injury prevention programme, called ‘BokSmart’ (www.boksmart.com), was launched in South Africa in 2009.
Back to basics with some new tools: first ensure the safety of sporting environments
Recently, effort has been put into the development of sports injury prevention programmes and accompanying education training for specific sports, such as BokSmart (Rugby Union, http://boksmart.co.za/content/what-is-boksmart), FootyFirst (Australian football, http://www.aflcommunityclub.com.au/index.php?id=906) and FIFA 11+ (Soccer, http://f-marc.com/11plus/11plus/). Many involve targeted exercise interventions for players to undertake via coach instructions.
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