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 ...

Lowering the tackle height in men’s rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in ...

Correspondence to Kathryn Dane, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland; danek{at}tcd.ie Objectives Tackle-related injuries account for up to ...

A decade of injury data shows lowering rugby’s tackle height cut adult concussions by more than a third – but not for ...

Lowering the tackle height in men's rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in ...

2025 was a year filled with rugby theatre. The British and Irish Lions beat Australia in a three-match Test, England won the Women's Rugby World Cup and France secured the Men's Six Nations. It's a ...

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, ...

New laws to make rugby safer at school and club level were approved by the members of the South African Rugby Union at a general council meeting on Friday. The updated Laws relate to lowering of the ...

World Rugby announced on Wednesday tackling height will be lowered to below the waist or the base of the sternum from the chest in the amateur game from July 1. The change had been trialled in leagues ...

World Rugby announced on Wednesday tackling height will be lowered to below the waist or the base of the sternum from the chest in the amateur game from 1 July. The change had been trialled in leagues ...