Evaluating the Probability of Head Acceleration Events in Elite Men’s and Women’s Rugby Union Match-Play: The Impact of Tackle Height and Body Position
Initial contact to the ball-carrier's head/neck had the highest chance of an HAE, whilst role-specific differences are apparent for different tackle heights and body positions. Future player-welfare strategies targeting contact events should therefore consider HAE mechanisms along with current literature.
Authors
- Ross Tucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-4822)
- James Tooby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-4416)
- Éanna Cian Falvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3961-1805)
- Matt Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-5618)
- Sharief Hendricks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-6266)
- James Craig Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7778-7783)
- Keith Stokes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-2838)
- Lindsay Toyah Starling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1275-6908)
- Cameron Owen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-1389)
- Simon P T Kemp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-2713)
- Thomas Sawczuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-132X)
- Ben Jones
- Greg Roe
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- University College Cork (IE)
- The Football Association (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Rugby (IE)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02241-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88