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 ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community rugby in ...

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

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 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 ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a novel study suggests. The paper is published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & ...

World rugby's governing body says it remains “a long, long way” from making a law change to lower the tackle height at elite level despite “positive results” from trials in the amateur game Rugby ...