Aim: To successfully tackle the player with the ball or to get the ball to the other side of the square without being tackled Drill: Mark out a square of 10m by 10m. Form two teams of three or more ...

In the modern day game, as rugby fans we are well-accustomed to seeing big hits, but sometimes there's one that really stands out. Sheer power combined with perfect tackle technique can still ...

Weisser’s late start with rugby defies the national trend. A study from NPR found that, while 73% of Americans over the age of 30 reported participating in sports when they were younger, only 25% ...

Background Approximately 25% of Rugby Union injuries occur to players executing a tackle and they mostly involve upper-body regions. Objective To investigate how upper-body biomechanical loading ...

Connors adds: “It was all very low-level stuff, but there was proper structure to ... coached in schools and professional rugby. There is so much to the tackle that it probably doesn’t get ...