Growing RTS postpartum focus calls for applied consideration to contact sport e.g. Rugby. Thanks to stellar interdisciplinary authors👇, we apply current understanding in female health & preg/postpartum to women's rugby & safety Euro J Sport Science special issue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

New Paper: Paving the path for injury prevention in rugby‐7s: A systematic review and meta‐analysis in Euro J Sport Science #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej… Janesh Ganda Rizaan Behardien Kathryn Dane Stephen West caemery Prof Ben Jones 🏉🔬 #sevens

Brilliant. Keep up the great work Anna! We need more of you championing injury analysis

🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨 🧠🏉📜 2nd PhD paper published in Injury Prevention. Prof Ben Jones Prof. Kevin Till Lucy Chesson Dr James C. Brown Matt Cross Rich Johnston Sharief Hendricks 🇿🇦 Keith Stokes Andrew Gardner Gemma Phillips Laura Fairbank injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/…

New Paper: Head Acceleration Events During Tackle, Ball-Carry, and Ruck Events in Professional Southern Hemisphere Men's Rugby Union Matches: A Study Using Instrumented Mouthguards in SJMSS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… by Gregory Roe

📣 Introducing the FSEM 20th Annual Scientific Conference 🙌 ✨ "Exploring Future Frontiers in Sports & Exercise Medicine" ✨ 🗓 Friday 13th Sept 📍 Onsite at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland #BJSMApproved event ✅ #FSEM2024 Faculty of SEM bit.ly/4dh8cW0

World Rugby has introduced Law changes to the game, effective from 1st July and will be implemented immediately ahead of the start of the 2024/25 season, across both the domestic and professional games. Read more: bit.ly/3SNcWKS 👈 #IrishRugby

Looking forward to facilitating workshops for rugby coaches of youth/schools players over the coming wks. Focus is upskilling coaches in the ENGAGE programme - designed to improve performance and minimize injury. Please reach out if your club would be interested in hosting.

Nice article by Bond University Annette Greenhow PhD on Australian contact sports’ next major concussion headache could come from insurance companies theconversation.com/australian-con… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Wilbur Kraak. His contributions to sports science will always be remembered. Rest in peace. Read More: rebrand.ly/kxgj7e3

🏉Rugby Science Network-RSN Live 2024🏉22/10/24 Crowne Plaza Caparica Lisbon, Portugal Sessions include: Safeguarding & Player Health, Women’s Game, Tackle Science, Rugby 7’s. Attend In-person: 👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/995447378907… Attend Online: 👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/995462764927…

It’s official - one year to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 kicks off. I’m delighted that London will be a host city and part of the biggest ever celebration of women’s rugby union. Register for the latest news: rugbyworldcup.com/2025/en #RWC2025

Does the body composition, strength, aerobic capacity, energy requirements and blood work of international women’s rugby league players change over a 1 year period? Our recent manuscript published in PLOS answers. Read in more detail here: doi.org/10.1371/journa… (open access)

New Paper: Sanctioned illegal high tackles significantly increase concussion risk to both tacklers and ball carriers in elite men’s Rugby Union bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/10/2/e… by Ross Tucker in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 🔬🏉

Rugby Science Network Online Conference 22.10.24 Free registration eventbrite.co.uk/e/rugby-scienc…

Key player welfare research from IRFU and IRIS' Lauren Guilfoyle Kilian Bibby Webinar Wed 18th Sept 1pm

New Paper: Player Activity and Load Profiling with Hidden Markov Models: A Novel Application in Rugby League tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… in RQES by Neil Watson 🏉🔬

Have your say after the first season of the WR tackle height law trial in Ireland. Players, coaches, referees, physio/therapists, coaching and S&C staff... unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5j… RT please 🙏

Looking forward to reflecting on the last 30 years of women's rugby in Ireland, as we look to the next 30...and the 30 after that #WomensRugbyInIreland #WomenInRugby #WomenInRugbyConference

Super day today at this conference - inspired. 🏉