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Objective Foot injuries cause a significant absence from training and playing in the English rugby premiership. Pressure analysis gives information on how load is distributed, to give clinically ...

For the first time in the Rugby World Cup’s comparatively short history, the hosts have not progressed to the knock-out stages. It’s not only the England team that is in trouble, the game itself is ...

If rugby’s a circus, then the scrum is its clown car pile-up. Picture eight players from each team — burly and sweaty — locking arms, crouching low, and smashing into each other like human bumper cars ...

As a collision sport, rugby union has a relatively high overall injury incidence, with most injuries being associated with contact events. Historically, the set scrum has been a focus of the sports ...

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The Brumbies are the only unbeaten team through three weeks of Super Rugby, after No. 8 Charlie Cale scored post-siren in Canberra to sneak them past the Blues. The Waratahs are also yet to suffer a ...