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Jeff Probyn: Drop the tackle height for everyone

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The University of Edinburgh has discovered through research and by watching and comparing 18,702 tackles that took place in 60 community rugby matches in 2022/23 – after the introduction of a new low tackle law that was trialled by World Rugby in 2023/24 – a reduction in the number of head collisions in the community game.
The lowering of the tackle height from the level of below the shoulder to a new level below the sternum, saw a drop in the number of head on head contacts by an impressive 45 per cent which is one of the main causes of sports related concussio...

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