The number six is the guy who cleans out the rucks and is primarily a defensive player on the blind-side, shutting down the opposition ... The All Blacks, for example, play a high-risk level of rugby ...

Conclusions The results clearly demonstrate the need for individual position-specific injury-prevention programmes in rugby union. When devising such programmes, a player's previous injury history ...

Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...