Getting to grips with new tackling rules

What has changed?

A high tackle is still a high tackle, with the threshold for that being the line of the shoulders, however World Rugby has now implemented two new categories - “reckless” and “accidental”.

These have both ramped up the punishments for a high tackle, with the “reckless” infringement enforcing a minimum sanction of a yellow card and a maximum of a red, and the “accidental” directive containing a minimum punishment of a penalty.