Hamish Gornall
@hamishgornall
PhD student @EdinburghUni - Researching the lowered tackle height, concussion and injury prevention in Scottish community rugby.
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15-07-2013 09:16:29
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🔥 We are ready.! Looking forward to welcoming you all to The University of Edinburgh on Monday for the inaugural UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence conference. We have an action packed program with a stellar line up of speakers over the two days👇🏼 edin.ac/IOC-conference
Day 2 of oral presentations from abstract submissions. Another highlight reel of work across sports. Three rugby presentations from Gemma Knight Hannah & Hamish Gornall examining attitudes and behaviours, injury trends and prevention and tackle height evaluation
Sir Mark Cavendish 🫡❤️ Congratulations for finishing your last Tour de France, you can now enjoy tomorrow's last stage! We are going to miss you, a legend of our sport🥲🥰 #TDF2024 l Mark Cavendish
A new study shows the tackle height law trial resulted in 45% fewer head on head contacts in the adult male community game in the 2023/24 season. Thanks to our grassroots rugby community for embracing the change, as well as The University of Edinburgh and World Rugby for their work on this
New Paper : Lowered tackle height law variation in Scottish men’s community rugby: a video analysis evaluation of 18 702 tackles across two seasons Hamish Gornall BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2/e… 🔬🏉
Call for research participants! If you fit the bill, and want to shape how rugby can best support players’ mental health and wellbeing, please send me an email with your name ([email protected]) and I will then provide you with further information 📷📷
Would really encourage everyone to watch Samoa coach Ramsey Tomokino's answer to this question from Nick Heath. Forget the score. It was moving to see how much today meant to everyone connected with this Samoa side.