World Rugby has revealed the largest-ever tackle study is currently being conducted across the global game, with 1,300 matches being closely monitored covering a total of around 200,000 tackles in ...

Sporting hopes will be running high as the Rugby World Cup kicks off at Twickenham on Friday 18 September, with each of the home nations competing against the usually dominant southern hemisphere.

As a consequence players like England's Jonny Wilkinson or Stephen Jones of Wales now make as many tackles as the back-row. But the best outside-halves control the tempo of a game. There are all ...

Injury severity was defined as the number of matches missed. Thirty community rugby matches were filmed and the number of contact events (tackles, collision tackles, rucks, mauls, lineouts and scrums) ...

It was a compelling start to Super Rugby Pacific. Two matches were decided by a solitary point after regulation time.