The most dangerous sport widely played in Australia and New Zealand is rugby. Rugby League and Rugby Union have higher rates than Australian Rules, with a greater number of broken bones and face injuries are fewer, less serious and usually affect the legs.
In cricket and hockey, a major cause of injury is the hard ball hitting a player on the head. In squash, tennis, badminton and athletics, pulled muscles and sprains are the most common injuries, but eye injuries are also common injuries, but eye injuries are also common in squash.
The following are the sports which provide the greatest number of injured players for treatment at a leading Australian Sports of Medicine. The figures are the percentage of the total number of injuries treated over one year.

Rugby League: 26.46%
Rugby Union: 14.85%
Soccer: 14.03%
Tennis: 5.99%
Athletics: 4.58%
Squash: 4.03%
Basketball: 3.71%
Golf: 2.52%
Australian Rules: 2.03%
Cricket: 1.95%
Ballet: 1.40%
Swimming: 1.35%
Hockey: 1.33%
Skiing: 1.19%
Water skiing: 1.17%
Baseball: 1.12%

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