NOLA Gold host RFC Los Angeles on Saturday at 6 p.m. You can watch the match on Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network.

For those not familiar with rugby league and rugby union, it would be easy to confuse the pair as simply 'rugby'.

Background The tackle is the leading cause of injury in Rugby Union. Although proficient technique, for both the tackler and ball-carrier, has been shown to lower the risk of injury in the tackle, ...

A school rugby player who left another player tetraplegic following a dangerous tackle during a match in 2022 has been judged ...

"Their technical skills in terms of their tackling is still very far behind compared to their male counterparts." With players catapulting into rugby league with varying levels of experience ...

Rugby league scrums, however, are smaller and far less physical. MORE: Who is the highest-paid NRL player? Rules-wise, the major difference is tackling. Each side can only make six tackles in ...