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Consistent methods were employed across seven sports [male American football, basketball, soccer, rugby league, rugby union; female soccer and rugby union] at a high school in England. A 24-hour time-loss injury definition was adopted. Descriptive statistics and injury incidence (\/1000 match-hours) are reported. In total, 322 injuries were sustained by 240 athletes (mean age=17.7\u00b11.0) in 10 273 player-match hours. American football had a significantly greater injury incidence (86\/1000 h; 95% CI 61\u2013120) than all sports except female rugby union (54\/1000 h; 95% CI 37\u201376). Concussion was the most common injury (incidence range 0.0\u201326.7\/1000 h), while 59% of injuries occurred via player contact. This study employed standardized data collection methods, allowing valid and reliable comparisons of injury risk between youth sports. 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