World Rugby will recommend elite players be exposed to a maximum of 15 minutes of contact training per week following a global study concerning injuries that occur outside match conditions.

New contact training load guidance has been published by World Rugby and International Rugby Players (IRP) following a global study on almost 600 players across 18 elite men's and women's ...

World Rugby has reinforced its commitment to improving player welfare with the introduction of guidelines for the amount of contact and set-piece training undertaken each week. In conjunction with ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. World Rugby has outlined new measures that include a full-contact ...

When I think of traditional ‘off the pitch’ strength and conditioning training for professional rugby players, the movements that come to mind are explosive olympic lifts, barbell deadlifts ...