Reuters

Keats banned in Super rugby spear tackling crackdown

WELLINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Wellington Hurricanes scrumhalf Tyson Keats was banned for four weeks for dangerous play on Monday in an ongoing crackdown on spear-tackling in Super rugby. Spear or tip ...
Science Daily

Lower tackle height changing face of women's rugby, study says

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 ...
BMJ

730 BO07 – It takes two to tackle – the interaction between ball-carrier and tackler technique in tackle injury events in rugby union

Background The tackle is the leading cause of injury in Rugby Union. Although proficient technique, for both the tackler and ball-carrier, has been shown to lower the risk of injury in the tackle, ...
BMJ

Impacting the rugby tackle: risk factors and mechanisms for concussion and musculoskeletal tackle-related injury — a systematic review and Delphi consensus to inform ...

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, ...