Rugby Union, women , video analysis, mouthguards , player safety, head impacts

Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Henley, Stefan, Kabaliuk, Natalia, Stitt, Danyon, Hweward-Swale, Annette, Xu, Congyu, Mangan, Kevin, Masters, Rich, Melzer, Tracy, Basu, Adrindam, Anderson, Tim, Snell, Deborah, Clark, Adrian, Alexander, Keith, Moylett, Sinead, Hamlin, Michael and Draper, Nick (2026) The association between tackle technique and head acceleration events in a cross-section of adolescent female rugby players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1440-2440 (Print), 1878-1861 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2026.08.200)

collision sport, anticipation, brain health, head acceleration events, impact forces, instrumented mouthguards

Mangan, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0729-1836, Henley, Stefan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-8246, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Hamlin, Michael J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-8554, Kabaliuk, Natalia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-3738, Stitt, Danyon, Stilwell, George, Swale, Annette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9654-9519, Xu, Congyu, Masters, Rich S W, Anderson, Tim, Melzer, Tracy R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-212X, Basu, Arindam, Maitland, Nick, Niao, Stacey, Snell, Deborah, Clark, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-879X, Moylett, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2874-8307, Johnstone, Blair, Alexander, Keith and Draper, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4466-3792 (2026) Incidence, magnitude and sport-specific factors of rugby tackles from different directions in youth rugby. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1747-9541 (Print), 2048-397X (Online) (doi:10.1177/17479541251394457)

concussion, rugby, male, female, head acceleration, youth

Stitt, Danyon, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Henley, Stefan, Alexander, Keith, Draper, Nick, Kabaliuk, Natalia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-3738 and Spriggs, Nicole (2026) A mixed effect analysis of head impact accelerations during rugby head impacts under different gameplay conditions. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. ISSN 0090-6964 (Print), 1573-9686 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10439-026-04225-3)

diffusion tensor imaging, head acceleration event, instrumented mouthguard, adolescent rugby, neuro-cognitive assessment, white matter microstructure

Henley, Stefan, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Kabaliuk, Natalia, Stitt, Danyon, Swale, Annette, Xu, Congyu, Mangan, Kevin, Hamlin, Mike, Masters, Rich, Melzer, Tracy, Basu, Arindam, Anderson, Tim, Snell, Deborah, Clark, Adrian, Alexander, Keith, Holdsworth, Samantha and Draper, Nick (2026) Effects of one season of rugby on the neurological integrity of male adolescent players. Sports Medicine - Open, 12 (1):14. ISSN 2199-1170 (Print), 2198-9761 (Online) (doi:10.1186/s40798-026-00987-1)

female rugby performance

Hamlin, Michael, Olsen, Peter and Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166 (2024) Chapter 11. Female rugby players. In: Hamlin, Michael, (ed.) The Science and Practice of Rugby Training. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP), Newcastle, UK, pp. 362-369. ISBN 978-1527556164

head injuries, physical activity psychology, sports science, sport and exercise, protective equipment, rugby safety, player attitudes

Heward-Swale, Annette Gail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9654-9519, Kabaliuk, Natalia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-3738, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Henley, Stefan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-8246, Hamlin, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-8554 and Draper, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4466-3792 (2024) User perception and acceptance of softshell headgear amongst youth rugby players. Scientific Journal of Sport and Performance (SJSP), 3 (2). pp. 270-281. ISSN 2794-0586 (Online) (doi:10.55860/TWPZ7832)

neck, kinematics, head, velocity, acceleration, sports, head injury, machine learning

Stitt, Danyon, Kabaliuk, Natalia, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Henley, Stefan, Alexander, Keith and Draper, Nick (2025) Machine learning model to study the rugby head impact in a laboratory setting. PloS One, 20 (1):e0305986. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0305986)

physical maturity, collision sport, instrumented mouthguards, rugby, head acceleration events

Mangan, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0729-1836, Henley, Stefan, Spriggs, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1376-6166, Hamlin, Michael J, Kabaliuk, Natalia, Stitt, Danyon, Stilwell, George, Heward-Swale, Annette G, Xu, Congyu, Masters, Rich SW, Anderson, Tim, Melzer, Tracy R, Basu, Arindam, Niao, Stacey, Snell, Deborah, Clark, Adrian, Moylett, Sinéad, Johnstone, Blair, Alexander, Keith and Draper, Nick (2026) The effect of anthropometrics and maturity status on youth rugby head impact biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 205:113403. ISSN 0021-9290 (Print), 1873-2380 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403)