More than a third of Irish school rugby players are willing to continue playing while suffering a concussion, a new study has revealed. Under IRFU rules, players should immediately leave a game if ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union reported a 33% decrease in concussion rates during a trial period that lowered tackle height in the men's All-Ireland League. This change, part of a World Rugby ...

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 ...

A prominent New Zealand rugby player, Shane Christie, who had been a vocal advocate for closer study into the connections between concussion and long-term brain injury, has died at the age of 39.

A leading concussion expert calls for sporting bodies to strengthen their protocols on players who are concussed before and ...

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - World Rugby has changed its Graduated Return to Play (GRTP) protocols which will now require elite players with concussion symptoms to avoid playing for a minimum of 12 ...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Concussions accounted for 20% of injuries suffered by rugby players in the English Premiership's 2018-19 season and were the most common injury in matches for an eighth straight ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A leading New Zealand rugby player who had advocated for closer ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A leading New Zealand rugby player who had advocated for closer study of the connections between concussion and long-term brain injury has died at the age of 39. Police were ...