Tackle Height Hub
Scottish Rugby has created a Tackle Height Hub, your club, school or societies one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about the tackle height trials. The trials were implemented in season 23/24 and will continue into season 24/25.
The webinar below provides an update ahead of season 24/25 in relation to the Tackle Height Law Trials.
Tackle Height Law Trials – Bitesize Module
If you are a club volunteer, parent or player and want to see some of the laws in action and have a go at making some decisions that a referee might make, please click here to access our Tackle Height Law Trials Bitesize Module.
(NOTE if you are a coach or match official, please complete the RUGBYRIGHT: TACKLE HEIGHT LAW MODULE via your SCRUMS account)
An information booklet summarising the Tackle Height Law Trials can be found HERE.
- Why is Scottish Rugby changing the tackle height?
- What does the new tackle height look like?
- Age Grade Law Variation Tackle Height Laws
- Law Trials Decision Making Framework
- Who will this change affect?
- What has World Rugby said?
- What are the other home Unions doing?
- What does the research say about reducing the tackle height?
- What does research tell us about tackle height above the sternum?
- What happened during the consultation period?
- What happens next?
- FAQs
- Tackle Height Examples
- Cross Home Union Guide
- Decision Making Framework for referees
The following video shows examples of the maximum tackle height.