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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

If I saw a junior player with the tackle technique of Origin, I certainly wouldn’t be selecting them for a rep team, let ...

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