Methods To carry out this review, a computer literature search of PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus was performed for English-language peer-reviewed articles from inception to January 2019 using the following key words and appropriate Boolean (AND/OR) phrases: ‘Rugby Union’, ‘Youth’, ‘Junio...
Rugby union is a high-intensity collision based sport [1]. It is played by over 6.6 million players, across 199 countries, which makes it one of the most played sports in world [2]. The sport generated £385 million revenue in 2015 and winning major international competitions is the ulti...