He needs to be someone who likes that confrontation and physically robust approach, and of the three back-row positions he needs to be the absolute ... The All Blacks, for example, play a high-risk ...

Rugby is about getting the ball and exploiting space and if ... Wingers must have a big work ethic in the modern game. It can be a fairly lonely position but you can't just stand out there on the wing ...

In rugby union, teams have an unlimited number of 'phases' as they make their way up the pitch. This results in very different strategies when it comes to optimising field position.

Although there is a degree of flexibility as to the width of a rugby pitch, the length of the pitch and inner markings are very precise: The positions numbers 1-8 on the field are called the ...

Objective This study aimed to understand the injury patterns of University-level rugby players according to their positions. Design This prospective study of university-level rugby players was carried ...