World Rugby has been asked to consider reducing the legal height for a tackle after a seventh successive season of increased incidents of concussion in the English professional game. The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project, jointly commissioned by the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby, with the support of the Rugby Players' Association, reported injury data for the 2016-17 season on Monday. Kemp said: "We would like World Rugby to give consideration to thinking about reducing the legal height for the tackle. "It's for World Rugby to consider and we know they're doing that at the moment." It's challenging for World Rugby, with referees coming from different hemispheres, from different competitions and you get a lack of consistency.

Source: Evening echo March 26, 2018 20:15 UTC