World Rugby has filed its defense against lawsuits from nearly 800 former rugby players regarding neurological injuries. The ...

More than a third of Irish school rugby players are willing to continue playing while suffering a concussion, a new study has revealed. Under IRFU rules, players should immediately leave a game if ...

Steve Thompson was a Rugby World Cup winner with England in 2003 but is part of a group taking legal action against the sport ...

World Rugby has denied it owes a legal duty of care to players, arguing injuries are a “foreseeable and inherent risk” of the ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

England hooker Jamie George insists rugby union has undergone a radical change in its approach to concussion during the time ...

Scotland forward Dave Cherry is out of the Rugby World Cup in France after slipping on the stairs at the team hotel, banging his head and sustaining a concussion. His tournament is over in bizarre ...

World Rugby this week filed its defence to lawsuits brought by hundreds of former rugby union players over neurological injuries, denying any liability and arguing injuries are a "foreseeable and ...

The Premier League is lobbying lawmakers to finally approve trials of rugby-style temporary concussion substitutions. England’s top tier is among 28 competitions applying renewed pressure in a letter ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A leading New Zealand rugby player who had advocated for closer study of the connections between concussion and long-term brain injury has died at the age of 39. Police were ...