JAMES RYAN admitted that he did not need an intervention after his red card to tell him he was wrong. But he believes that the coaching intervention programme – or tackle school as it more commonly ...

It was announced today that a lower sternum tackle height was going to be implemented in the elite game of rugby for the first time at the World U20 Championships in Georgia next year. It follows a ...

Rugby 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, the world governing body said Monday.

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Legal tackle height set at the sternum in line with community trials Community tackle height trials have shown positive results, behaviour change and positive game experience Associated law changes ...