Objective Within women’s rugby league (n=12 teams), we (1) identified modifiers for head-to-head contacts informed by sport partners (eg, players, coaches, match officials); (2) compared head-to-head ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lowering the tackle height in men’s community rugby has cut the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. The research assessed the impact of the lowered tackle height law, which was ...