adolescent rugby

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)

anticipation

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)

brain health

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)

collision sport

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)

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)

diffusion tensor imaging

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)

head acceleration event

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)

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)

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)

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)

impact forces

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)

instrumented mouthguard

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)

instrumented mouthguards

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)

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)

mouthguards

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)

neuro-cognitive assessment

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)

physical maturity

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)

player safety

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)

rugby

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)

Rugby Union

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)

video analysis

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)

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)

women

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)