Despite ongoing developments in head injury protocols, rugby union still faces challenges in achieving accurate, rapid and ...

A post-mortem examination shows a New Zealand professional rugby player who died by suspected suicide last year had advanced ...

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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.

The Premier League is lobbying lawmakers to finally approve trials of rugby-style temporary concussion substitutions. England’s top tier is among 28 competitions applying renewed pressure in a letter ...

Māori All Black and Highlander Shane Christie has been diagnosed with a brain disease likely to be connected with repeated ...

Shane Christie, a former Maori All Blacks player, had complained of headaches, depression and mood swings before his ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- While researchers in Tampa Bay work to study the effects of concussive and sub-concussive hits on the brains of high school athletes, thousands of other kids continue to play ...