Lowering tackle height in rugby led to sharp decline in concussion rates – new study

A decade of injury data shows lowering rugby’s tackle height cut adult concussions by more than a third – but not for ...
BMJ

907 MEP129 – Player-level tackle training interventions in tackle-collision sports – a scoping review

Background The tackle is a physical and technical skill, and a significant feature of collision-based team sports such as rugby union, league, sevens, and American football. Tackle technique has been ...
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, ...
The Conversation

Rugby injuries: how pre‑season training can help players avoid the sidelines

Italy’s Michele Lamaro sustains an injury during the Six Nations match against Ireland. Remo Casilli/Alamy The list of injured players in the Six Nations Championship is, once again, long.
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 ...