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 ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

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, ...

Rugby League: Mark Percival was ruled out for 12 weeks after being injured by a style of tackle that St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham wants banned. Percival suffered a medial ligament injury in ...

It was never going to be humdrum and quiet, was it? Not when the stakes are this high, with one club so desperate and the other so resolute. On Wednesday evening, Arsenal marched into the semi-final ...

There are some occupational hazards when you’re coaching rugby at the age of 75. “Whenever I’m training guys, doing demos and I throw them on the ground, they have to help me get up,” said Ram Eddings ...