Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror. It contains elements of soccer, which birthed it in 1823 when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball ...

Rugby union's top medical official has said that the rules of the game may need changing to halt a growing trend in brain injuries suffered by players. Martin Raftery, the chief medical officer of the ...

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