Rugby remains “a long, long way” from making a law change to lower the tackle height at elite level despite “positive results ...

World Rugby will trial a lower legal tackle height at the sternum during the 2026 World Rugby U20 Championship in ...

World Rugby will trial a lower tackle height in the elite game at next summer’s Under-20 World Championship in Georgia.

After a successful trial in community rugby, a lower "sternum tackle height" is to be introduced into the elite game for the first time at next year's World Under-20 Championships in Georgia, World ...

After a successful trial in community rugby, a lower "sternum tackle height" is to be introduced into the elite game for the first time at next year's World Under-20 championships in Georgia, World ...

Next year's Under-20 world championship will be the latest to trial the move, following community rugby efforts around the world. World Rugby's Chief Player Welfare Officer Mark Harrington says even ...

Rugby set for new player safety trials amid concussion concerns - Concerns have been raised over concussions in rugby, with ...

In Ireland, amateur rugby is already at this stage. The slow march to lower tackle heights across the whole sport appears ...

Objective Within women’s rugby league (n=12 teams), we (1) identified modifiers for head-to-head contacts informed by sport partners (eg, players, coaches, match officials); (2) compared head-to-head ...

World Rugby, the game’s governing body, says that trials over the last two seasons involving 11 unions around the world have ...