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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concussion rates fell 33 per cent in the Irish men's rugby All-Ireland League during a two-season trial period of a new law ...

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 ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced that its two-season Tackle Behaviours Trial - which lowered the legal ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union reported a 33% decrease in concussion rates during a trial period that lowered tackle height ...

Japan head coach Eddie Jones says the frequency and severity of sanctions being handed out to players during international ...