What's Behind Super League's Injury Crisis?

Can a logic for nan succession of injuries beryllium pinned aliases is nan reality much abstract?

BBC rugby convention newsman Matt Newsum thinks it is simply a operation of factors.

"Firstly, ruck speeds person been sped up by a much thorough policing of infringements, and nan reward for those teams rather often is simply a group restart - much commonly known arsenic a six-again - alternatively than nan aged punishment and break successful play," Newsum said.

"Teams that person been 'pinged' tin consciousness for illustration they've been group connected a treadmill personification has jammed into reverse, while personification whacks them pinch a shot bat intermittently.

"It's repetition efforts connected apical of repetition efforts, and because it is truthful new, it has been difficult for teams to good tune conditioning for it. The shot successful play clip is soaring, anecdotally it feels for illustration acold less scrums, and those different small moments of remainder and betterment person already been lessened by changeable clocks."

Factor successful an incredibly rainy winter, pinch immoderate pitches struggling pinch nan deluge, and you person a cleanable storm.

"Some of nan shared shot stadiums and moreover bespoke rugby convention grounds person specialised drainage systems which tin alleviate immoderate of those issues but moreover nan champion of them person struggled," Newsum added.

"Heavy pitches return their toll, sapping players who already emotion their measurement into nan caller play and nan return to this astir beingness of interaction sports.

"The subject down nan injuries is perchance not yet complete, but these 2 factors - a quicker crippled and dense surfaces - could beryllium extenuating circumstances successful nan glut of players breaking down."

This article is nan latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.