Rugby: Tackle height to be lowered as concerns over concussions and head injuries growFrom next season, the legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered from below the shoulders to the base of the sternum in a move to address concerns over injuries and concussions in the sp...
Interesting story reference tackle height. Where will it lead? Sep 25, 2021 Ian_Cook RugbyRefs.com Forum Threads 60 Messages 773 Private sub-forum? Apr 14, 2023 Rich_NL Referees Rating Forum Threads 3 Messages 23 M Joy Neville: Rugby union referee makes history ...
We investigated whether legislating to lower maximum tackle height would change tackle behaviour, and reduce concussion incidence rate. Methods In a single group intervention, 12 elite men's teams played in two competitions during the 2019/2020 season. The Championship (control, 90 games) retained ...
Tackling the tackle 1: a descriptive analysis of 14,679 tackles and risk factors for high tackles in a community-level male amateur rugby union competition during a lowered tackle height law variation trial The aim of this study was two-fold: to describe the tackle characteristics during a sing...
Matt Williams: New tackle line could radically change how rugby is played World Rugby’s curious lack of action appears to have forced individual national bodies to act, with what has been until now great haste and little thought Fri Jan 05 2024 - 12:00 ...
His shift into game participationThe shape of New Zealand rugby and the challenges they faceThe tackle height changes in New Zealand for 2023 and what's behind themOther changes in the game - scrum half restrictions, 1.5m pushFuture consultation on changes to the breakdownReferee recruitment and...
World Rugby will encourage member unions to join a global trial of lowering tackle height to below the sternum in the community game, the governing body has said, stressing the importance of reducing injury risk via "education, sanction and law change". ...
To evaluate player and referee behaviour during a lower tackle height law variation trial in community rugby union ('rugby'). Prospective observational cohort study. In a law variation trial in male amateur community rugby, coded match video surveillance data were analysed. Referee (sanctioning rate...
team-by-team basis. This is because it depends on the comparative strengths of each player, as well as the skills of the other forwards. Generally though, one will excel at lineouts and will aim to disrupt the opposition, while the other will be a better scrummager, tackler and ...
He has been one of the Super Rugby’s best openside flankers from 2008 to 2011. He is one of the hardest working players in the Bulls’ squad, as well as a superb team player with a very high work rate, regularly leading the tackle count, turnover and work rate...