Resident rugby writer Rob Houwing gives you his expert views on what's going on between the poles.Designed to improve player safety and informed by data, this change aims to reduce head impact exposure and concussion risk in the tackle for both the ball carrier and tackler.
Evidence from studies has consistently demonstrated that higher contact on the ball carrier and closer proximity of the ball carrier and tacklers’ heads are associated with larger head impacts and an increased risk of concussionLowering the height of the tackle and encouraging the tackler to bend more at the waist will minimise the risk of this occurring while maintaining the tackle as an integral part of the gameWallabies legend and World Cup winner David Campese welcomed the decision, calling...
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Players fume at waist-high tackle lawCurrent and former professional players have reacted angrily to the RFU's plan to enforce waist-height tackling in amateur rugby across England, amid talk that World Rugby could do the same.
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Poll: Waist-high tackles - brilliant or ridiculous?With the RFU having announced plans to enforce waist-height tackling in amateur rugby across England, talks of World Rugby following suit are doing the rounds. Is this law change going to do more harm than good? Sadly Rugby Union has been hijacked by the 'safety police' that have gradually over the years tried to make the sport less and less of a contact sport. Changing the very essence of what made the game great over 100 years+ Imagine a 70kg fullback having to tackle a 135kg prop running straight at him. Before contact the prop hunkers down for impact. The only things exposed are his elbows, shoulders and knees. Either no one will tackle him, or you will have a row of bodies on the sideline. So dumb... if they introduce this then ball carriers should be required to stay up right at impact, no hunkering down into the tackles...which could make the game more expansive, which would be a good thing.
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