A spokesman for World Rugby said it took player safety very seriously at all levels of the sport. "With appropriate supervision and coaching, rugby is a sport that empowers young people ...

By Priscilla Jepchumba The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), working with the Welsh Rugby Players’ Association (WRPA) and World Rugby, ...

Shane Daly was entirely comfortable at having to miss the trip to Castres last weekend following a head knock on his 100th ...

Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...

SA Rugby established a Tackle Height Player Safety Task Team with representatives from coaching, refereeing, medical, women's rugby, strategic transformation and compliance, communications ...

RugbySafe is the England Rugby overarching player safety and wellbeing programme. It puts player welfare at the heart of the game, so you as a player can enjoy your rugby in a safe environment, ...

These Law changes were based on the relatively high proportion of scrum-related catastrophic injury data collected as part of the BokSmart National Rugby Safety Programme over the preceding 4 years.