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Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: DOK
Date: June 14, 2021, 9:27 am
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Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
HTML https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2021/06/14/rugby-tackles-waist-banned-rfu-trial/
In a separate nationwide development, the tackle height for
under-15 to under-18 rugby will be lowered from shoulder to
armpit
By Charlie Morgan, RUGBY REPORTER 14 June 2021 • 10:34am
Tackles above the waist will be outlawed in some age-grade
matches next season as part of a law trial by the Rugby Football
Union that could increase offloads and radically alter the
nature of the sport.
The initiative also aims to restrict dipping into contact from
ball-carriers, in a bid to reduce head-to-head contact and
prevent concussion. It will be evaluated in 1,200 club and
school matches for boys and girls between under-16 and under-18
levels.
Having monitored the progress of a similar trial in France, the
RFU expect there to be fewer rucks and more opportunities for
passes out of contact.
Injury surveillance will be collated and video analysis will be
carried out over the 2021-22 season, with matches under these
laws compared to 1,200 matches under standard ones at the same
age-grade.
“It’s an evidence-based, game-led approach,” said Simon Kemp,
the RFU’s medical services director. “This is about head impact
and concussion prevention. We know that the most effective
control measures are law changes and coaching behaviour.
“What we’re doing here is taking five or six years of data
analysis to develop and implement a law change supported by
coach input that we anticipate will have a positive effect on
injury risk.”
“Interim outcomes from the evaluation of a waist height tackle
law variation in French community rugby show that a tackle at
waist height or below — together with the prohibition of the
ball carrier bending into contact — are having a positive impact
on reducing the number of serious head impacts.
“[The laws] are viewed positively by players, coaches and
referees and from the video examples provided appeared to show a
change in the shape of the game, with fewer rucks and more
offloads.”
“We are very excited to be evaluating a waist height tackle law
variation of our own next season to see what we can learn from
the data and player and coach feedback.”
Those monitoring the trial must be wary of unintended
consequences. As recently as January 2019, a law trial carried
out over the pool stage of the Championship Cup was abandoned.
After the legal tackle mark was lowered from shoulder to
armpit-level, there was a rise in concussive incidents due to
collisions where both tacklers and carriers were bent at the
waist.
Rugby’s different ‘tackle zones’
How they change across the pyramid
Senior: Below head or neck
U9 to U18: Below armpits
U16, U18 (selected trials):Below waist
HTML https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/illustrator-embed/content/71bf966611948daece7502692aef22a2b171fb29/1623672568039.jpg
Meanwhile, the legal tackle height for under-15 to under-18
age-groups will be lowered from the line of the shoulders to the
line of the armpit.
This brings it into line with the rules for those playing
full-contact rugby between under-9 and under-14 levels in a bid
to ease the transition of players that have endured seasons
disrupted by Covid 19.
“This is an exciting and important piece of work,” said John
Lawn, the RFU’s head of game development.
“We started planning for this back in 2019 and it builds on
everything done in the age-grade game over the last decade,
putting in place a building-block approach to full-contact
rugby.
“We want to make the game as safe as possible, but without
losing the physical element that’s popular with players and this
law change supports that.
“As a result of the fallow 2020-2021 season due to Covid 19, all
age-grade players, except for next season’s under-17 and
under-18 age grades, will only have experienced tackling below
the line of the armpit. A continuation of the laws they were
previously familiar with will support their reintegration back
into the game.
“Maintaining a single tackle height also supports the
integration of players in the dual or triple age bands in the
girls’ game.”
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: poorfour
Date: June 14, 2021, 10:15 am
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That sounds sensible to me - some of these kids won't have had
proper contact for nearly two years, and keeping the point of
contact low makes a lot of sense. There's still no substitute
for coaching good tackle technique, though.
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: June 15, 2021, 2:47 am
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And being coached on how to take a tackle too.
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: SwindonQuin
Date: June 15, 2021, 2:57 am
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I think it may well help in the long term development of
tackling, however, if all tackles are below the waist does the
risk of boot to head increase significantly?
I may not have play for a decade and a bit but I do remember
that studs hurt!
Mind you getting cleared out by a 20 stone monster is what
finished me off plus biting through my own tongue (due to my own
poor technique I might add) such happy
memories.....................
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 15, 2021, 3:03 am
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--- Quote from: SwindonQuin link ---
>
> I think it may well help in the long term development of
tackling, however, if all tackles are below the waist does the
risk of boot to head increase significantly?
>
> I may not have play for a decade and a bit but I do remember
that studs hurt!
>
> Mind you getting cleared out by a 20 stone monster is what
finished me off plus biting through my own tongue (due to my own
poor technique I might add) such happy
memories.....................
>
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Boot to head isn't really a problem compared to knee / hip to
head...
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: sussexquin
Date: June 15, 2021, 4:08 am
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--- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
>
> Boot to head isn't really a problem compared to knee / hip to
head...
>
--- End Quote ---
the old tackling teaching of head behind the knees....
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: SwindonQuin
Date: June 15, 2021, 4:09 am
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I would there are similar risks, yes a shoulder can knock you
out but a stud can blind you!
There isnt a way to remove all the risks from a contact sport at
the end of the day, no matter what rules you change there is
always an element of risk with rugby.
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 15, 2021, 4:13 am
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Right, but we're talking about frequency of injuries as studied
for years and the dangers of concussion in particular. Boot to
head isn't really a factor, but knees and hips are. There's
loads of concussions. Very few people being blinded.
It is about keeping risk to a manageable level.
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: SwindonQuin
Date: June 15, 2021, 4:21 am
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--- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
>
> Right, but we're talking about frequency of injuries as
studied for years and the dangers of concussion in particular.
Boot to head isn't really a factor, but knees and hips are.
There's loads of concussions. Very few people being blinded.
>
> It is about keeping risk to a manageable level.
>
--- End Quote ---
Very true, as you say you can only follow the evidence, would be
interesting to track to see if there were any marked increase on
other injury's after this change/trial. maybe a little project
for me to work on.
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Re: Rugby tackles above the waist banned in RFU trial
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: June 15, 2021, 4:41 am
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--- Quote from: SwindonQuin link ---
> ...getting cleared out by a 20 stone monster is what finished
me off plus biting through my own tongue (due to my own poor
technique I might add)...
--- End Quote ---
Is there a good way to bite through one's tongue?
Not all 20 stoners are monsters - Goliath was widely
misunderstood - he just wanted to make friends...
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