Lowering the tackle height in men's rugby almost halved the rate of head collisions among players, a study at Edinburgh University has found. The lowered tackle height law was introduced for community ...

2025 was a year filled with rugby theatre. The British and Irish Lions beat Australia in a three-match Test, England won the Women's Rugby World Cup and France secured the Men's Six Nations. It's a ...

Rugby remains “a long, long way” from making a law change to lower the tackle height at elite level despite “positive results” from trials in the amateur game, the world governing body said Monday.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lowering the tackle height in men’s community rugby has cut the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. The ...

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 ...

SOUTH African youth rugby is about to undergo one of its most significant shifts in years. SA Rugby has officially standardised the age at which tackling may begin — a move driven by safety concerns, ...

A horrific rugby tackle that saw two players sent to the sin bin has been compared to one of the most infamous moments of foul play in the sport's history. Moments into the second half of Saturday's ...

Correspondence to Kathryn Dane, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland; danek{at}tcd.ie Objectives Tackle-related injuries account for up to ...

Lowering the tackle height in men’s community rugby has cut the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. The research assessed the impact of the lowered tackle height law, which was ...

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