New laws to make rugby safer at school and club level were approved by the members of the South African Rugby Union at a general council meeting on Friday. The updated Laws relate to lowering of the maximum legal height at which a tackle may be made while also outlawing potentially dangerous ball-carrying actions and techniques. The changes are the outcome of seven months of detailed review, discussion and debate of the World Rugby concussion data, the research evidence in this field and important brain, head, neck, and spine injury data collected by SA Rugby over the last 16 years...

New laws to make rugby safer at school and club level were approved by the members of the South African Rugby Union at a general council meeting on Friday. The updated Laws relate to lowering of the maximum legal height at which a tackle may be made while also outlawing potentially dangerous ball-carrying actions and techniques. The changes are the outcome of seven months of detailed review, discussion and debate of the World Rugby concussion data, the research evidence in this field and important brain, head, neck, and spine injury data collected by SA Rugby over the last 16 years...