DUBLIN (Reuters) -Concussion rates fell 33% in the Irish men's rugby All-Ireland League during a two-season trial period of a new law lowering tackle height, the Irish Rugby Football Union said on ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union reported a 33% decrease in concussion rates during a trial period that lowered tackle height ...

World Rugby is encouraging its member unions to trial “belly tackles” in the community game in a bid to make the sport safer. The global governing body’s executive board has recommended, subject to ...

Scottish Rugby has created a Tackle Height Hub, your club, school or societies one-stop-shop for everything you need to know ...

World Rugby has revealed the largest-ever tackle study is currently being conducted across the global game, with 1,300 matches being closely monitored covering a total of around 200,000 tackles in ...

If you are a rugby player, then you need to know that tough, but rather safer times lie ahead. World Rugby has redefined illegal (high) tackle categories and increased sanctions to deter high tackles ...

The findings from the University of Edinburgh research have the potential to change the laws of rugby union Lowering the tackle height in men’s community rugby has cut the rate of head collisions ...

To (1) systematically review the literature to identify which match-related risk factors and mechanisms of rugby tackle events result in musculoskeletal injury, concussion, head injury assessments, ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community rugby in ...

Background Professional rugby union has a high match injury incidence, however the impact of in-match player replacements on the injury rates in starting and replacement players in the tackle is ...

Corey Parker has warned rugby league may struggle to keep Reece Walsh, fearing the global nature of rugby union could one day ...