Rugby Union can look chaotic to the untrained eye - 30 players crashing into each other, a ball that never seems to roll straight, and whistles you can’t quite explain. But behind the apparent chaos ...

There have been many attempts to describe the complex roles and responsibilities of each member of a rugby team and the dynamic interactions that take place on and off the pitch. Many of these past ...

Despite being one of the most fast paced, exciting, and undoubtedly violent team sports in the world, rugby isn’t a very popular within the United States. Therefore, as a college rugby player myself, ...

The 2026 Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on February 5 with a huge clash between France and Ireland in Paris. The tournament is the premier international competition between Northern ...

The Women's Rugby World Cup is under way and you can watch every match live on the BBC. But if you're new to the game, it may be rather confusing to follow all the terminology - particularly when it ...

Objectives To characterise the tackler’s head position during one-on-one tackling in rugby and to determine the incidence of head, neck and shoulder injuries through analysis of game videos, injury ...

Design 4-season prospective cohort design. Setting 14 English Premiership clubs. Participants 899 professional players. Main outcome measure Incidence of match injury (recorded as the number of ...