HAMAMATSU, Japan, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Japan got a lift from their scrum in their shock victory over Pool A favourites Ireland and captain Michael Leitch said his team's 8-on-10 drills in the lead-up ...

Xannie Quiring passes the ball moments before being tackled during a drill at Patriots rugby practice on Oct. 20, 2024. For decades, Kansas City only had a single women's rugby team. Inspired partly ...

1 UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Department of Public and ...

A scheme educating coaches and referees in the dangers of the rugby scrum could be a key reason for a reduction in the number of spinal injuries suffered by rugby players, says a researcher writing in ...

Former IRFU referee boss Owen Doyle has hit out at the attempt to depower the scrum with World Rugby and Super Rugby both in the firing line. Laws have been introduced in an attempt to speed up the ...