The union introduced the 'Tackle Behaviours Trial' at the start of the 2023/24 season by lowering the tackle height to below the sternum in the hope it would reduce the risk of head contact in the ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union reported a 33% decrease in concussion rates during a trial period that lowered tackle height ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Concussion rates fell 33% in the Irish men's rugby All-Ireland League during a two-season trial period of a new law lowering tackle height, the Irish Rugby Football Union said on ...

Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne has had the red card he was shown for a dangerous tackle on New Zealand's Beauden Barrett in last weekend's test in Chicago rescinded by an independent disciplinary committee ...

For every panellist, Scotland’s 13–7 win over England in March 1990 stood as a defining Murrayfield moment. The match, ...

A calf injury sustained in training in April caused him to miss the end of last season and ruled him out of the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia. Fagerson then suffered a setback in his ...

Ireland forward Tadhg Beirne will face a disciplinary hearing this week, most likely on Tuesday, after receiving a red card in the defeat to New Zealand on Saturday.

Classic Springboks 44 Classic Eagles 3 Debutant Charles Mayeza scored a hat-trick of tries as the Classic Springboks started ...

A major stumbling block in his quest to elevate his game to elite practitioner at Test level is whether he has a consistent ...

Tries in the last quarter by Tamaiti Williams, Wallace Sititi and Cam Roigard have carried New Zealand to a 26-13 win over a combative Ireland in front of 65,000 mostly Irish fans at Chicago’s Soldier ...

Ireland rugby lock Tadhg Beirne was sent off early on in his side’s clash with New Zealand rugby in Chicago. Beirne was initially shown a yellow card by referee Pierre Brousset after making head ...