Eddie Jones has called for the tackle height to be lowered in youth rugby union in order to further reduce the risk of brain injuries in the sport
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Jones said that while he felt rugby was “moving in the right direction” on the issue, and that he was happy with the way it was being handled at the elite level, one change he would like to see is for it to be mandatory for all under-12 players to only tackle below the hips.“We 100% need to protect and minimise contact with the head,” said England’s head coach. “That’s paramount for rugby going forward.
“I think it is moving in the right direction. The only thing I would change is that I would say that at under-12 [level], everyone has got to tackle under the hips. Teach people how to tackle under the hips from an early age, and make that their normal, trademark tackle, I think in that way we can protect the head even more and that’s really important.”
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