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 ...

Reign Rugby Academy launches enrollment today of a full-scale rugby development program to serve up to 20,000 youth across southeast Louisiana.

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, ...

Rugby union, commonly known as just rugby, is a fast-paced and physical team sport. More girls and women in Canada and around the world are playing it now than ever before. As of 2021, women's rugby ...

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

Bern was joined for the training by her other Bears teammates, Holly Phillips and Jenny Hesketh, both of whom see the foundation’s new strategy as a “special” and important way of bringing rugby into ...

Interest in women's rugby has exploded in recent years, but some Calgary-based researchers are drawing attention to the disproportionate injury rate among female players — and the lack of research to ...