Objective Within women’s rugby league (n=12 teams), we (1) identified modifiers for head-to-head contacts informed by sport partners (eg, players, coaches, match officials); (2) compared head-to-head ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community rugby in ...

Lowering the tackle height in men’s rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in ...

(Reuters) - The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) will trial a rule change which lowers the height of a legal tackle in the upcoming second-tier Championship Cup campaign, the national governing body ...

To (1) systematically review the literature to identify which match-related risk factors and mechanisms of rugby tackle events result in musculoskeletal injury, concussion, head injury assessments, ...

The trial is part of a three stage process with amendments also implemented in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship ©Getty Images World Rugby announced that after extensive research into head ...

Amateur rugby union clubs are experiencing a higher number of concussions after laws were changed around tackle height, an MP ...

Similar declines were reported for specific tackle-related injuries. While injury rates also fell sharply in senior school rugby - the third competition studied - similar decreases in concussion rates ...

Lower the legal tackle height in women's rugby is providing effectin in reducing head contacts between players, a world-first study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women’s community ...