Longitudinal study of six seasons of match injuries in elite female rugby union.

Unlabelled: ObjectiveTo establish match injury rates and patterns in elite female rugby union players in England.

Method: We conducted a six-season (2011/2012-2013/2014 and 2017/2018-2019/2020) prospective cohort study of time-loss match injuries in elite-level female players in the English Premiership competition. A 24-hour time-loss definition was used.