In rugby union, a coaching intervention programme - more commonly known as 'tackle school' - is designed to help educate ...

Lowering the maximum legal tackle height in Scottish community women’s rugby: an injury surveillance and video analysis study across two seasons. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2025; 11 (2 ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women’s rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a world-first study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women ...

April 08, 2025 at 9:00am BST 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 ...

A new study shows the tackle height law trial resulted in 45% fewer head on head contacts in the adult male community game in the 2023/24 season. Thanks to our grassroots rugby community for ...

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002492 Lowering the tackle height in men's rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests.

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 ...

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 ...

Welsh rugby has had some troubling times in the past 18 months. Allowing England to run riot in their Cardiff home will rank as the lowest point. Ten tries and a 68-14 defeat. It beggars belief.

February 11, 2025 at 1:08pm GMT IRISH rugby is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse the tackle event in rugby to enhance player welfare and performance, resulting in a more exciting ...

A tip tackle on the hulking Uini Atonio – some feat with the tighthead somewhere near 150kg – afforded Dupont a sniping chance from a quick tap, but Tom Rogers and colleagues got beneath the ...

For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. As centre Tom Daly was counting down his final days with Connacht, the uncertainty was a never-ending worry. He wanted to know if he could continue ...