Background: There is a continuing debate about the performance of protective headgear in rugby union, rugby league, and Australian rules football. Objectives: To examine the impact energy attenuation ...

Objective—To determine whether protective headgear reduced the incidence of concussion in a pilot study of under 15 rugby union. Methods—Sixteen under 15 rugby union teams were recruited from three ...

Brain protection is important in all sports – not just rugby – and this British company is leading the way with protective ...

The study called for mandatory protective headgear at all levels of the game Dundee University scientists have called for mandatory protective rugby headgear after a study showed it can cut impact ...

And since October 2000, the International Rugby Board (IRB), the game's governing body, must approve any form of head protection. Headgear is usually made from light synthetic materials capable of ...