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Educational modules
Education and medical
Player Welfare Education
IRB First Aid in Rugby Educational Module
IRB Concussion Management Educational Modules
IRB Rugby Ready
IRB Rugby Ready
IRB Medical Guidelines & Documents
Age
Relative Age Effect
IRB Age Differential Playing Guideline
IRB Under 18s Playing Adult Rugby Guideline
Memorandum on Age Grade Rugby Players, 6th May 2004
Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics Guideline
Cardiac Screening
IRB Cardiac Screening
IRB Cardiac Screening Questionnaire (May 2013)
Concussion
IRB Concussion Guidelines
Appendix 1 - Scat2
Appendix 2 - Pocket Scat2
Gender
Gender Identity Disorder (GID) And Disorders of Sexual Differentiation (DSD) Policy document
IRB Mixed Gender Rugby Guideline
Heat
IRB Heat Guideline
Hygiene and Infection Control
IRB Policy on Hygiene, Infection Control and Prevention of Infection
Appendix to the IRB Policy on Hygiene, Infection Control and Prevention of Infection: IRB Statement on HIV
Pregnancy
Pregnancy and Rugby Guideline
Single Organ
Single Organ Guideline
Therapeutic Use Exemptions
Therapeutic Use Exemptions
Tournament medical facilities
Tournament medical facilities
Catastrophic Injury
Catastrophic and fatal injuries
Reporting Procedure for Rugby-related Catastrophic and Fatal Injuries
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Appendix A: Definitions of ASIA, GCS and GOS scales
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Appendix B: Descriptions of tackle types
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Appendix C: Law 10.4 - Dangerous Play and Misconduct
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Research & expert papers
Injury Surveillance - IRB Tournaments
Junior World Championship Injury Epidemiology Results: 2008 to 2012
Junior World Rugby Trophy Injury Epidemiology Results: 2008 to 2012
Sevens World Series Injury Epidemiology Results: 2008 to 2012
2011 RWC - Injury Surveillance Study
2011 JWC and JWRT - Men Injury Surveillance
2010/11 Sevens - Men Injury Surveillance
2008 JWT and JWC - Men Injury Surveillance
2008/09 Sevens - Men Injury Surveillance
2007 RWC - Men Injury Surveillance
2007 RWC - Do mismatches between teams affect the risk of injury in the Rugby World Cup?
2006 RWC - Women Injury Surveillance
Injury Surveillance - Professional Rugby
2005 - Epidemiology of injuries in English professional rugby union: part 1 match injuries
2005 - Epidemiology of injuries in English professional rugby union: part 2 training Injuries
2007 - Contact events in rugby union and their propensity to cause injury
2008 - An evaluation of the Experimental Law Variations in Air New Zealand Cup Rugby
2008 - Injury risks associated with tackling in rugby union
2008 - Tackle Injuries in Professional Rugby Union
2008 - Match injuries in Southern Hemisphere professional rugby union: Impact of the International Rugby Board’s Experimental Law Variations
2009/10 - England Rugby Premiership Training & Injury Audit Season Report, January 2011
2010/11 - England Rugby Premiership Training & Injury Audit Season Report, January 2012
England Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project - 2011-2012 Season Report
Injury Surveillance - Community Rugby
2007 - Interim evaluation of the effect of a new scrum law on neck and back injuries in rugby union
2010/2011 - RFU Community Rugby Injury Surveillance Project
Prevention
2001 - Effectiveness of headgear in a pilot study of under 15 rugby union football
2007 - Catastrophic Injuries in Rugby Union: An Assessment of the Risk
2007 - Managing the Risk of Injury in Sport
2009 - Does Padded Headgear Prevent Head Injury in Rugby Union Football?
Biomechanics of the Rugby Scrum
Expert papers
2007 - Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union
2008 - Zurich Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport
2nd World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention, 26–28 June, 2008, Tromsø, Norway
Game analysis / research general
IRB Game Analysis Reports
GPS Summary of ELV Trials Vs ANZC Games
IRB Conference Information
IRB Medical Conference presentations
IRB Medical Conference 2010 Presentations
IRB Medical Conference 2011 Presentations
IRB Medical Conference 2012 Presentations
IRB Rugby Science Network
IRB Rugby Science Network
IRB Rugby Science Network
Equipment
Artificial Surfaces
IRB One Turf Programme
Artificial Turf - Latest News
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IRB Preferred Turf Producers
IRB Accredited Test Institutes
List of Regulation 22 Compliant Preferred Producer Installed Pitches
Artificial Rugby Turf Regulation
Regulation 22 - Standard Relating to the Use of Artificial Rugby Turf
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IRB Artificial Rugby Turf Performance Specification - Non-Technical
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IRB Artificial Rugby Turf Performance Specification - Technical Document
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Artificial Rugby Turf Research
Risk of injury associated with rugby union played on artificial turf
Natural Surfaces
IRB Pitch Guidelines for Natural Turf
Section A - Introduction
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Section B - Site Feasibility Study
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Section C - Procurement Options
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Section D - Pitch Design
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Section E - Project Management & Delivery
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Section F - Pitch Maintenance
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Section G - Performance Testing
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Section H - Grass Selection for Rugby Pitches
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Bibliography
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Padded Clothing Regulation
IRB Regulation 12 - Provisions relating to Players’ Dress
IRB Regulation 12 and associated schedules
IRB Approved Equipment List - headgear
IRB Approved Equipment List - shoulder padding
IRB Approved Equipment List - breast padding
Test Houses for Padded Clothing
Anti-doping
Anti-doping regulation
IRB Regulation 21: Anti-Doping
IRB Regulation 21 & associated schedules
Testing programme
Anti-doping testing programme
Doping control procedures
Player Whereabouts
Anti-doping education
IRB Keep Rugby Clean
IRB Keep Rugby Clean
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IRB Age Differential Playing Guideline

In this Policy:

Under 18:

means being under 18 on 31 December in the year preceding a Junior World Championship (JWC) or Junior World Trophy (JWT).

Under 19:

means being under 19 on 31 December in the year preceding a JWC / JWT.

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