IRISH rugby is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse the tackle event in rugby to enhance player welfare and ...

A community rugby league coach is teaching women and girls how to tackle safely in the gritty sport. There is a grassroots effort to hone in on technique, with women at greater risk of injury compared ...

This is a number that represents a rise on last season and offers more evidence that rugby union should lean ... Defensive graft is also recognised. Tackles are one point each, with breakdown ...

Background The tackle is the leading cause of injury in Rugby Union. Although proficient technique, for both the tackler and ball-carrier, has been shown to lower the risk of injury in the tackle, ...

Richard Wigglesworth, the attack coach for England Men's Rugby Union, has shared his key ... highlights how British athletes are utilising these techniques to improve their performance.

Two things need to be resolved quickly in Australian rugby. Joe Schmidt’s future and ... and Lowe set up two tries with his uncanny ability to bust tackles. They are difference makers and ...

Amateur Rugby League players had a higher reported ... This programme should progressively include all types of tackling technique on both left and right shoulders until they attain a suitable ...

This was imposed after an attack on a police who was left unconscious, after being dumped onto concrete in a rugby tackle, punched and kicked. Pensioner mauled by rottweilers and lost an arm and ...

Again, the sending-off occurred due to a poor ruck technique ... The TMO Bunker reviewed the tackle and upgraded the challenge to a red card. He was handed a five-week ban, reduced by one week if he ...

This was imposed after he grabbed a police officer's testicles in an attack in which the officer was left unconscious, after also being dumped onto concrete in a rugby tackle, punched and kicked. The ...

His tackle technique is generally excellent ... He’s had a big influence on my rugby career – the player that I’m turning out to be. I’m nowhere near where I want to get to.” ...