In the UK, where the study was conducted, 8.3% of children aged 5-16 played rugby during the 2022/23 school year, according to data collected by market insight firm Statista.

Biden Prefers Kids Play Rugby Over Football, Citing ‘Health Reasons’ President Joe Biden addresses the Houses of the Oireachtas at Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland, on April 13, 2023.

Rob Burrow has no regrets about playing rugby league and would not discourage his children from following in his footsteps. The former Leeds and Great Britain scrum-half is now confined to a ...

KIDS should not be allowed to play rugby or take part in boxing because contact sports are a form of child abuse, a study says. Researchers say they can lead to brain injury and neurodegenerative ...

The three affected teams, Reporoa, Ngongotahā and Eastern Pirates, were all due to play their semifinal games tomorrow but ...

Courtesy photo “Kids are our future and we need to do anything we can to help them,” said Morris, who first started playing rugby when he was a 5-year-old boy growing up in England.

Studies have shown the injury rate among child and youth rugby players is much lower than that experienced by professional players. 29 42 It may be, however, that because professional rugby is much ...

The rugby player enjoyed a brilliant career with Ireland, Munster and Racing 92 but now that three of his children have started playing he worries more about the impact of injuries ...