This four-year study of under-19 schoolboy Rugby Union in Ireland reveals that tackling players sustain significantly more match injuries in the tackle than ball-carriers. The research, covering 50 teams and nearly 11,000 hours of match […]
Tag: Rugby
Irish Rugby’s Representativeness Issues Are Much Worse Than You Think – Kevin Volf.
Keith Earls’s book, Fight or Flight, is uncommonly interesting for a sports autobiography. One of the most memorable incidents recounted is of an unhappy and academically frustrated Earls getting expelled from St Munchin’s College in […]
Publication: How are female rugby players affected by contact breast injuries and exercise-induced breast pain–an international survey
Research Impact: Contact breast injuries (CBI) and exercise-induced breast pain (EIBP) significantly impact female Rugby players’ performance. In a global survey of 182 players, 64.3% of 7s and 51.9% of 15s players experienced a CBI […]
Publication: The awareness, knowledge, and experience of female rugby players of contact breast injuries and exercise induced breast pain – An international survey
Research Impact: This research highlights the often-overlooked challenges faced by female Rugby Union players regarding contact breast injuries and exercise-induced breast pain. Research focusing on female athletes and female athletes themselves will benefit from this […]
Postgraduate Research Experience – University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre Concussion Program – laura power.
My PhD is focused on Concussion in Rugby, which was made possible through a collaboration between the University of Limerick and UPMC Ireland. The supervisory team is made up of University of Limerick’s Dr. Tom […]
Concussion Time-Loss Severity in Amateur Rugby Union – Professor Ian kenny.
The time lost for recovery following a concussion or suspected concussion can vary greatly from sport to sport and within a specific sport at different age group playing levels. In Rugby Union in Ireland one […]
2022/23 National Amateur and Schoolboy Rugby Injury Reports Released – Prof Ian kenny.
The Irish Rugby Football Union and the University of Limerick have released the fifth year of findings from the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) research project, investigating injury trends in the Men’s and Women’s All-Ireland […]
Training the Trainers for Injury Prevention – What help and support do coaches need? – lauren guilfoyle msc bsc.
Coaches are typically designated as delivery agents of injury prevention programmes. Examples of these include FIFA 11+ (soccer), GAA15 (Gaelic Games) and ENGAGE (Rugby Union). These programmes are highly efficacious in reducing injury rates but […]
Artificial Playing Surfaces and Injury in Rugby – Professor Ian Kenny.
How many of us have played on artificial grass pitches and noticed a change in our movements, or use different boots compared to when we play on natural grass? Do we perform or fall differently […]
What do we know about breast injury among female rugby players? – Kilian Bibby.
Women’s Rugby Union is on a continuous rise with an increase of registered female players of 28% since 2017, 2.7 million current female players worldwide and over 25% of the global player population being female. […]
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