World Rugby is to trial two new low tackle laws to combat the risk of head injuries. The trials will take place during the Under-20 Championship in France between 30 May and 17 June, and the Under ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a novel study suggests. The paper is published in the journal BMJ Open Sport ...

(Reuters) - England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) says its new low tackle guidelines are based on extensive research but accepts that more communication and explanation are needed following ...

A trial to lower the legal rugby tackle height could cause more concussions, Scotland players Grayson Hart and Richie Vernon warn.

WORLD Rugby will trial rule changes at under-20 competitions that lower the height of tackles to reduce the risk of head injury, particularly concussion, the governing body said.

Rugby Australia and the international governing body World Rugby have agreed to pursue trials as the latest effort within the game — and sport more generally — to reduce concussions.

Tip tackle laws need changing or rugby collisions could become as dangerous as in American football. ... If someone ran into you with a tackle bag, ... everyone goes back to a low tackle technique.

It’s a meteoric rise from tackle bag to Super Rugby Grand Finalist, but it will soon be a reality for 20-year-old Brumbies flanker Luke Reimer.

Head to Liverpool’s training ground, witness the £65 million recruit shouldering a rugby tackle bag into his coach and you can be forgiven for thinking he is a prop forward readying for the Six ...

Background The incidence of shoulder injury resulting from the tackle in rugby union football is high and the tackle is as well the main cause of injury. Little is known about the magnitude of tackle ...

LONDON – England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) says its new low tackle guidelines are based on extensive research. Read more at straitstimes.com.