Objective To examine factors associated with tackles in rugby union and to assess their ... of risk factors in a cohort of players injured during tackles with their frequency of occurrence in tackles ...

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 ...

Rugby Australia ... sevens team, and he has proved a handy 15s player with Randwick. Former Melbourne Rebel star Kurtley Beale could be the ideal man to captain the side but he suffered an ...