Tackling above the waist will be banned in community rugby matches from next season to "reduce head impact exposure and concussion risk", the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Thursday.

Last year New Zealand consulted on lowering tackle height to below the sternum, while the Scottish Rugby Union began its consultation on community game tackle height last month. This is about ...

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 ...

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is to introduce a trial law lowering the height of a legal tackle, The Times reports. Rugby in crisis: potential strike amid injury and mental health fears Designed ...

Last year The Guardian reported that more than 70 doctors and health experts were also calling for a ban on tackling in school rugby games. But the UK’s most senior medics rejected the call.

In rugby union, a coaching intervention programme - more commonly known as 'tackle school' - is designed to help educate players after they are shown a red card for a dangerous tackle. Designed by ...

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It has recently been proposed that the tackle, an integral part of Rugby Union, be banned in school rugby, as a means to reduce the risk of injury. This proposal held that harmful contact should be ...

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 ...