English Rugby

An incident in a recent Gallagher Premiership game between Wasps and Leicester has stirred the passions of players, pundits and fans. Just before half-time in the match, Leicester’s Will Spencer’s high tackle saw his arm connect with the head of Wasps’ Tommy Taylor, earning Spencer a red card. This...

Is rugby safe? It’s an endless argument. But debates aside for now, the fact is the amount of injuries we have seen in professional rugby alone in recent years has been staggering; and these are the elite, super-fit men and women who live breath and eat in order to...

Over the past few weeks Impact has brought you a wealth of reading on the men’s six nations. But what about the women’s?  The fact that female rugby is underrepresented is so painstakingly obvious that the article won’t serve any purpose by being dedicated to it. Instead, we’ll do the...