The Rugby Football League is set to intoduce measures to combat the effects of concussion in the game. This will also include research into mouthguards to scientifically measure head knocks. The RFL say all 12 Super League clubs are committed to working with researchers at Leeds Beckett University on the TaCKLE – Tackle and Contact Kinematics, Load and Exposure – project. He said: "The pilot study for the TaCKLE project was the most comprehensive validity study completed in the world. “We are now ready to begin the three-year research project.

Source: Express January 08, 2022 16:08 UTC