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Rugby

Rugby is a powerful sport that requires agility, speed and strength to overcome the opposition.

The powerful nature of Rugby consisting of sudden bursts of sprinting, and regular impacts with the ground and other players, also means it carries a high risk of injury.

With this in mind, our rugby injury advice covers all the common rugby injuries, and how you can treat and prevent them, as well as various recommended training and performance techniques.

It’s not surprising that rugby is one of the most high risk sports for injury. Not only do the forceful impacts with opponents and the ground cause injury, but so do bursts of energy when sprinting with the ball and quick changes in direction. Our rugby injury advice includes the most common rugby injuries, as well as risk factors attributed with rugby and how to treat them.

As such a physically demanding sport, it is important that anyone who plays rugby, whether it’s professionally or for fun, has sufficient fitness levels. Ensuring high fitness levels will reduce the risk of injury and increase performance. Maintaining strength, speed and weight is important , and we have some ideas on the best training to maximise your fitness, skills and strength.

As a high impact and physical sport, rugby demands strength and endurance, especially as rugby players need to be able to make sudden changes in direction and sprints. Rugby matches tend to stop and start, so you must able to endure sudden stops and starts in play. By looking at various attributes, such as nutrition and conditioning, you can improve your performance.

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