First red card given under strict new rugby tackle height rules


Tackle Height Hub Information National League Rugby

Lower tackle height law trial introduction. In May 2023, World Rugby Council approved a recommendation that unions participate in trials of a lower tackle height in community rugby. The opt-in trial, which gives unions the freedom to adapt within their own jurisdiction, aims to improve player safety by reducing the risk of head-on-head contact.


World Rugby Tackle Height Directive WRU Game Locker

The Rugby Football Union says it will soon provide "clarity for the game" regarding the radical new tackle laws amid fears of a mass player exodus. The tackle height will be lowered to the waist.


Make legal tackle height lower, World Rugby is told Sport The Times

25 January 2023 Rugby Rucker It was announced last week the legal height of the tackle would drop to the waist for levels below the Premiership, Championship and Premier 15s. The news was met with uproar by those in the community game, who weren't consulted over the decision.


RFU decide on sternum for new community rugby tackle height in England

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Innovating Safety in Rugby Tackle Height Reviewed Smile 90.4FM

Player Welfare Lower tackle height at the heart of plans to enhance community rugby experience World Rugby's Executive Board has recommended that Unions participate in an opt-in global trial of lowering the tackle height in the community game to below the sternum. 13 March, 2023 · 5 min read


RFU ends tackleheight trial in Championship Cup Coventry Rugby

The RFU Council's unanimous vote will result in law variations from next season, 2023/24, with the tackle height being set at waist height or below. Ball carriers will also be encouraged to follow the principle of evasion, which is a mainstay of the game, to avoid late dipping and thereby avoid creating a situation where a bent tackler may be.


World Rugby should be taking the lead on tackle heights, not following

The RFU announced that at all levels below the Premiership and Championship in the men's game, and the Premier 15s in the women's game, the tackle height would be lowered "to reduce head impact exposure and concussion risk in the tackle for both the ball carrier and tackler."


Rugby reacts to RFU's tackle height change Andy Farrell Lower tackles can be 'just as

The RFU's decision to reduce tackle-height limits to the waist in all levels below professionalism from next season has left the English amateur game in uproar. An online petition against the move has now gained more than 75,000 signatures, with the RFU board now expected to review its decision to lower tackle heights. World Rugby will.


Irish Rugby opts in to sternum tackle height law trials for 202325

Tackle height law: Look for the bends. < The tackler (in white) is pretty upright. This looks like a penalty, at least, and if the tackle was dominant, then we might be looking at a yellow card. The tackler must be bending. Bending happens in two obvious places, the hips and the knees.


‘Death of the game’ Rugby’s move to lower legal tackle height faces backlash The Independent

Started by Matthew Leach. On Monday 16th January 2023 the RFU Council agreed to lower the height of the tackle across the community game (Age Grade & Adult) from 1st July 2023. It has been introduced to improve player safety and reduce the level of head exposure. The professional game will not be changed.


Petition · Reverse RFU Tackle Height Law Decision ·

Last modified on Fri 27 Jan 2023 09.05 EST. The legal tackle height is set to be lowered at professional level despite the current backlash to the Rugby Football Union's waist high law change.


First red card given under strict new rugby tackle height rules

Rugby Union, a game for all shapes and sizes, has never had that phrase more challenged than now. I completely understand the need to make the game safer and where possible eliminate the head on head collisions, but no-one is forcing anyone to play rugby union. Dropping the tackle height to below the waist will make the game a farcical.


RFU Approves Tackle Height Reduction For Grassroots Rugby In England

The decision to lower the tackle height to the sternum level is not a sudden decision by Rugby Australia, but rather a reaction to over a half-decade of research designed to improve the safety of.


World Rugby Tackle Height Directive WRU Game Locker

20 January 2023 Tom Sansom A petition to revoke the newly introduced RFU tackling height laws, has surpassed over 20,000 signatures. The changed laws were introduced yesterday, banning a tackle above waist height at the community game. This includes National One and below for men's rugby, and the Championship and below for the women's game.


Petition · 202324 Tackling Height in the Amateur Rugby Union Game ·

RFU To support player welfare, the RFU Council agreed on Monday 16th January to lower the height of the tackle across the community game from July 1 2023. 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.


Scottish Rugby Tackle Height Roadshow Highland Rugby Club

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 11:59am The rule change will affect youth rugby all the way up to veteran age-groups at a community level. Credit: PA By ITV News Multimedia Producer James Gray English.

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