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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

3 Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 4 O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 5 Division of Physiological ...

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