I READ with interest the 10 Lessons of the Rugby World Cup and, specifically, the lesson that the rule on spear-tackling is too black and white (Sport, October 24).

Rugby league officials were today digesting the implications of a ruling in a court case in Sydney in which two Super League players were made liable for damages sustained in a spear tackle. Leeds ...

The International Rugby Board has issued a statement of clarification regarding the Tip or Spear tackle. Law 10.4(j) reads: Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player ...

A red card was the only possible punishment after this callous spear tackle in a schoolboy rugby game. The game between Australia and New Zealand Barbarians was only in its second minute when ...

The International Rugby Board insist the Brian O'Driscoll spear tackle case is "done and dusted" - but will use new footage of the incident as an example to referees of the sort of "illegal ...

There are shades of Tana Umaga's horrific spear on Brian O'Driscoll on the Lions tour in 2005, ... Monster rugby tackle stuns 2 millions viewers as player 'kidnapped' and carried backwards for 10 ...

Wakefield prop Hugo Salabio banned for seven matches for his tackle on Leeds Richie Myler; the 22-year-old trialist has been referred to a tribunal after his spear tackle in Wakefields 24-14 ...

THIS is the moment that rugby - and the All Blacks - became embroiled in another spear tackle row. New Zealand are still struggling to shake off the controversy caused by Tana Umaga's tackle on ...

Wakefield Trinity trialist forward Hugo Salabio has been banned for seven games following a spear tackle on Leeds Rhinos half-back Richie Myler during their Super League win on Sunday.

Given the 102-year-old Shute Shield is one of the game’s highest-standard semi-professional competitions to trial the lowered tackle height, it is fair to say the eyes of World Rugby – and the ...

Wakefield Trinity forward Hugo Salabio faces a lengthy ban for a spear tackle on Leeds Rhinos half-back Richie Myler during Sunday's Super League win.