Accepted Article Mary-jessica Laguette ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9979-117X TITLE Exploring new genetic variants within COL5A1 intron 4-exon 5 region and TGF-β family with risk of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures. AUTHORS Laguette Mary-Jessica Nancy 1-3 , Barrow Kelly 4 , Firfirey Firzana 1-3 , Dlamini Senanile 1-3 , Saunders Colleen Jayne 5, 6 , Dandara Collet 4 , Gamieldien Junaid 5 , Collins Malcolm 1-3 and September Alison Victoria 1-3 AFFILIATIONS 1 Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) Collaborative Centre of Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 UCT Research Centre for Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS), Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Department of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 5 South African National Bioinformatics Institute/MRC Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa and 6 Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/jor.24585. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.