World Rugby has launched a non-contact format of rugby union that it claims is fully reflective of the sport's characteristics and includes scrums, lineouts, and breakdowns. T1 Rugby has been designed ...

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is to roll out a new, non-contact form of the game in schools in a bid to arrest the decline in the sport at school level, the governing body ...

Scottish Rugby promises to "continue to review all available information as it emerges" Scottish Rugby is changing its rules from 1 February to ban transgender women from competing in contact versions ...

When Craig Mackenzie started playing rugby nearly two decades ago, he joined his father’s club team because there were few other options. Today, rugby is one of the country’s fastest growing team ...

Ellis Genge (centre), Max Malins (left) and Luke Cowan-Dickie during an England training session in December Contact training will be reduced across rugby union in an attempt to prevent injuries and ...

SYDNEY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - World Rugby are suggesting elite players have a maximum 15 minutes of full contact training per week as part of new guidance aimed at improving player welfare. The global ...

New contact training load guidance has been published by World Rugby and International Rugby Players (IRP) following a global study on almost 600 players across 18 elite men's and women's competitions ...

World Rugby has reinforced its commitment to improving player welfare with the introduction of guidelines for the amount of contact and set-piece training undertaken each week. In conjunction with ...

Rugby’s physically demanding nature has seen the sport’s organisers implement advanced concussion policies and a science-based approach to medicine, but they are about to go further. World Rugby, the ...

Image: Only players recorded as female at birth will be allowed to play contact rugby in the women's category under the SRU's new legislation The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) will ban transgender women ...

World Rugby will recommend elite players be exposed to a maximum of 15 minutes of contact training per week following a global study concerning injuries that occur outside match conditions. Research ...