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Player Welfare Education

IRB Concussion Management Educational Modules

IRB Rugby Ready

IRB Rugby Ready

IRB Medical Guidelines & Documents

Age

IRB Age Differential Playing Guideline

IRB Under 18s Playing Adult Rugby Guideline

Memorandum on Age Grade Rugby Players, 6th May 2004

Cardiac Screening

IRB Cardiac Questionnaire

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

Tournament medical facilities

Tournament medical facilities

Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Therapeutic Use Exemptions

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

2006 RWC - Women Injury Surveillance

2007 RWC - Do mismatches between teams affect the risk of injury in the Rugby World Cup?

2007 RWC - Men Injury Surveillance

2008/09 Sevens - Men Injury Surveillance

2008 JWT and JWC - Men Injury Surveillance

2010/11 Sevens - Men Injury Surveillance

2011 JWC and JWRT - Men 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

Injury Surveillance - Community Rugby

2000-2007 - ARU Rugby Union Injury Surveillance Study

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 Rugby Science Network

IRB Rugby Science Network

IRB Rugby Science Network

Equipment

Artificial Surfaces

IRB One Turf Programme

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

IRB Artificial Rugby Turf Performance Specification - Non-Technical

IRB Artificial Rugby Turf Performance Specification - Technical Document

Artificial Rugby Turf Research

Risk of injury associated with rugby union played on artificial turf

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

Anti-doping

Anti-doping regulation

IRB Regulation 21: Anti-Doping

IRB Regulation 21 & associated schedules

Testing programme

Anti-doping testing programme

Doping control procedures

Anti-doping education

IRB Keep Rugby Clean

IRB Keep Rugby Clean

Concussion

Resources and educational modules available from the IRB

The IRB publishes guidelines on concussion management as well as online educational resources for situations where a medical practitioner is available, and those where the concussion must be managed by a member of the team setup.

Concussion management

INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODULE

Medical practitioner and/or Healthcare Professional

IS PRESENT AT TIME OF INJURY

Concussion management

INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODULE

Medical practitioner and/or Healthcare Professional

NOT PRESENT AT TIME OF INJURY

Concussion guidelines

--> View the IRB Concussion Guidelines

--> Download appendix 1, SCAT2

--> Download appendix 2, Pocket SCAT2

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