But since the game turned professional in 1995, there are now strict laws about using protective equipment on the pitch. And since October 2000, the International Rugby Board (IRB), the game's ...

The study called for mandatory protective headgear at all levels of the game Dundee University scientists have called for mandatory protective rugby headgear after a study showed it can cut impact ...

Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...

Players have always used some form of head protection over the years, from full-backs to loosehead props. Rugby union is a full-on contact sport, so expect a few bumps and bruises along the way. But ...

Methods: An emergency department based case-control study in South Wales, UK, with cases being rugby players treated for superficial head and facial injuries and controls being their matched opponents ...

Bofinger's light bulb moment came when she met Bond University rugby players last year, who had been battered and bruised and wanted some protection gear, purpose-built for the female body.