Refereeing, head collisions and player safety again made the headlines on the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup with a number of contentious incidents. The most high-profile came on Saturday when ...

Penrith's Jack Cogger has been handed a one-match suspension for a Grade 2 careless high tackle on Manly's Tolutau Koula, following a sin-bin in the Panthers' 18-16 win. The match also reignited ...

The NRL made big strides in 2025 by applying common sense to high-tackle rulings. Here's why another off-season crackdown could undo that progress and what the league should do instead. The 2025 NRL ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

Objective To quantify concussion and head acceleration event (HAE) probability in rugby league tackles by tackle height and role and simulate seasonal counts across different tackle height ...