Time will tell, but rugby-style tackling might be one solution that would make the game safer for players without fundamentally changing the game. Next Up In NFL. Four Saints ...

Rugby-style tackling may have lower force of impact than football-style tackling. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 07 / 190716174114.htm ...

Nebraska is the latest program to adopt rugby-style tackling. As in rugby, where players wear no helmets, the tackle is made by driving a shoulder into or near the ball-carrier's hip, wrapping him ...

One day he changed his approach on the spot. In 2014, Pete Carroll, then the head coach of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, released a teaching video that introduced a rugby-style of tackling ...

If the evidence suggests the rugby-style tackling truly is superior, kids will need to be taught the right methods at an early age. There has already been a big movement in college at Ohio State ...

INDIANAPOLIS, July 17, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- The style of tackling used in rugby may be associated with a lower force of impact than the style used ...

A new form of tackling -- the rugby-style Hawk Tackle -- is all the rage at Ohio State and could spread across the country. Oklahoma, Nebraska and others are hoping to learn more about it.

In their quest to find the best way to tackle, the Seahawks stumbled across an older, potentially safer, way to bring ball carriers to the ground. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

UH coach Willie Fritz has introduced a rugby-style of tackling — which emphasizes the use of the shoulder, not the head — to the Cougars. Houston lineman Anthony Holmes wraps up UNLV ...

A 19-year-old New Zealander has died of a "serious head injury" sustained in a social media-inspired game of tackle with friends, police said. The young man, identified in local media as Ryan ...

Teenager’s death sparks condemnation of viral rugby-style tackle game - Ryan Satterthwaite died from a head injury ...