Suffering loss is universal – grief touches all of us eventually. Everyone feels it differently though. And in a game forever tethered to the notion of being for all shapes…
Investigation
Crossing Over: From rugby union to the NFL
The NFL are always looking for talent from around the world to bolster their sport, and physical units from rugby could make it. But it ain’t easy…
Gaming: a modern addiction
Rugby World investigates the potential perils of excessive gaming for young athletes
Teimana Harrison on the gaming community
Teimana Harrison on the gaming community For our long-read piece Gaming: a modern addiction, we asked Northampton back-rower Teimana Harrison to talk about his positive experiences with gaming. He told…
Rugby to Wrestling – A special feature
Rugby to Wrestling – A special feature WEST YORKSHIRE may not be twinned with Central Florida, but Luke Menzies talks as if he was always destined to end up grappling…
Chronic Pain, Cannabis and Rugby
If pain is inevitable in collision sports, is it time to change our approach?
The Effect Of Cumulative Rugby Injuries On Retired Players
“Living in the bubble of professional sport is a privilege and one day it is going to burst. I bump into retired team-mates all the time and their message is…
The Problems With CBD Oil Explained
“If we go back about five years, I had players I worked with asking me about CBD,” says Graeme Close, professor of Human Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University and…
Is It Time To Rethink Strength & Conditioning In Rugby?
AT THIS point Keir Wenham-Flatt is into his flow. Until recently the athletic performance lead for American Football at The College of William & Mary in Virginia, USA, he still…
Special report: Too Much, Too Soon In Rugby
Special report: Too Much, Too Soon In Rugby HE WAS earmarked as special, early. As one respected youth mentor tells us, “He was described by top coaches as the next…