New Paper: The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?
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New Paper: Using markerless motion capture to explore changes in tackle kinematics and load-based tackling technique proficiency www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Lara Paul 🏉🔬

New Paper: Ready or Not; A Narrative Synthesis of Sports Medicine Practitioners' Practices During Return to Play in the Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Training Design Notes 3 - Performance - Learning Paradox rugbyscientists.com/2025/11/18/t...

New Paper: Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

New Paper: Player-Level Tackle Training Interventions in Tackle-Collision Sports: A Systematic Scoping Review by Demi Davidow 🏉🔬

Full Article: sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Rugby Science Training Design Notes 2 🏉🔬
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Rugby Science Training Design Notes 1 🏉🔬 rugbyscientists.com

New Paper: Tackle Height and Tackle Success—An Analysis of 52,204 Tackle in @eurojsportscience.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Special Issue 🚨🚨🚨
Whether you’re a coach, clinician, scientist, or fan, join us in pushing for a safer, more inclusive, and more evidence-informed future for women’s rugby. 🏉 🔬🏆 #RWC2025
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At #ECSS2025 #Rimini we celebrated our 25th Anniversary 🎉🎊 @ecssofficial.bsky.social

We reflected on the first issue and the road to Q1 and #openaccess status 💛

The journal continues to grow from strength to strength

Thank you to all involved! 🙌🙏💛 #WeAreSportScience #SportScience

Rugby Science Update 26

Performance Demands and Technical Determinants for Tackle and Ruck in 7s

Impact of contextual factors on elite 7s match-play movement demands

Effects of light-load vs. heavy-load jump squats as priming activities in 7s

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New Paper: Challenge Accepted: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Applications of the Challenge Point Framework
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New Editorial: ‘Tackling’ safety through a systems thinking approach: building safety culture within sport @BJSM_BMJ bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/1... @mitchnaughtonphd.bsky.social 🏉🔬

Check out The South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) - Physical Activity - conquering cancer and cardiovascular disease bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/10

(Un) Productive Academic - How to forget what you read healthsciencereviews.com/2025/05/08/h...

UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Honours Open Day 21 May 2025

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New Paper : Lowered tackle height law variation in Scottish men’s community rugby: a video analysis evaluation of 18 702 tackles across two seasons bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2... 🔬🏉

‘Tackling’ safety through a systems thinking approach: building safety culture within sport In 2023, we described a collective approach to safety in rugby (including league, union and sevens), outlining the different stakeholders along the passive–active injury prevention intervention contin...

Our latest systems thinking work with an international team of collaborators in rugby science -

‘Tackling’ safety through a systems thinking approach: building safety culture within sport

Led by @shariefhendricks.bsky.social and Dr Scott McLean

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New Paper: Can a novel computer vision-based framework detect head-on-head impacts during a rugby league tackle?
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New Paper: The Performance Demands and Technical Determinants for Tackle and Ruck Success During the Pool and Knockout Stages of the Men's International World Rugby Sevens Series onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🏉🔬

Congrats Demi Davidow 🙌🏽🥳 @eurojsportscience.bsky.social @ecssofficial.bsky.social

New Paper: A global survey exploring tackle training knowledge, attitudes and practices of women's rugby union coaches journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 🏉🔬