Yorkshire RFU

The Community Rugby Injury Surveillance and Prevention (CRISP) Project team are currently inviting teams from the following Community playing levels to take part for season 2025-26.

• Adult Male Community - National, Regional & Counties Levels
• Adult Female Community - Championship & National Challenge Levels
• Age Grade Boys and Girls - Clubs, schools, colleges (U13-U18)

The CRISP project is managed by a team at the University of Bath and is funded by the RFU and the charity Podium Analytics as part of RugbySafe research.
This project is how we monitor information about injuries across all levels of the community game. For example, it allows continued monitoring of injuries following the lowered tackle height introduced in July 2023.
A large sample of injury data is crucial in allowing us to understand any changes in injury patterns and therefore this is the opportunity for clubs to provide the data needed to feedback this information to the rugby community.

More information is available at:
https://www.englandrugby.com/run/player-welfare/research

Participating teams are asked to record over the 2025-26 season:
Pre- and early-season:
• Brief details on age, weight and height for 1st team squad players and individual consent from each player (consent signed via an online link by players).
During the season:
• Brief details for every team match (score, weather, opponents, pitch surface).
• Details on any team match injuries causing the player to miss one match or more (8 days or greater time-loss).
There are various options for recording data for the Project, including the Proactive reporting system, Podium SportSmart platform, or via a standard spreadsheet or paper forms.

Participating teams will receive a report of their team’s match injuries compared with the averages for teams of a similar playing level.

How to register your club
To nominate your team(s) or for any further information, please use the link below or go to:
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bathreg/crisp-2025-26-registration

The University Bath research team will be happy to answer any questions you may have: rfu-crisp@bath.ac.uk