Lowering the tackle height in men's rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study ...

Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in Scotland was linked with a 45 per cent reduction in ...

Participants 361 female (421 player-seasons) and 421 male (481 player-seasons) high-school rugby players over two playing-seasons (2018 and 2019). Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors) Male ...

Researchers also found the change in tackle height was linked to a 19% drop in the rate of head and upper torso contacts to the ball-carrier and an increase in frequency of tackles to the ball carrier ...

With increasing recent focus of concussions ... s community rugby and youth community rugby. Lead author, Hamish Gornall, of the University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and ...

They found that lowering the tackle height was linked with a 45% drop in head-on-head contact – one of the main causes of sports-related concussion ... s and youth community rugby.” ...

1 Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Public Health ... and injury rates are disproportionately high for illegal play. The current rugby league concussion ...

Video caption, After 13-year-old Matteo was injured playing Rugby, he wants to find more about the long-term effects of his concussion and ... say they experienced high levels of contact - when ...

West Ham United received a series of offers for one of their brightest talents. Kyran Thompson, then 15, has already been ...