NZ Rugby

Research

New Zealand Rugby is committed to making the game as safe as we practically can for participants, ensuring they continue to enjoy playing rugby and have a lifelong love of the game.

We partner with World Rugby, ACC and The New Zealand Rugby Foundation to undertake research that allows us to continue making our game safer.

 Concussion Research:

Managing concussion in the real world: Stakeholder perspectives of New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway (2023)

Danielle Salmon, Simon Walters, James Brown, Zachary Y. Kerr, Amanda Clacy, Sierra Keung, John Sullivan, Johna Register-Mahalik, Chris Whatman, Gisela Sole & Marelise Badenhorst.

Concussion education for New Zealand high school rugby players: A mixed-method analysis of the impact on concussion knowledge, attitudes and reporting behaviours (2023)

Danielle Salmon, Marelise Badenhorst, James Brown, Janelle Romanchuk, Zachary Y. Kerr, Simon Walters, Amanda Clacy, Sierra Keung, John Sullivan, Johna Register-Mahalik and Chris Whatman.

Quest for clarity: Investigating concussion-related responsibilities across New Zealand Rugby Community System (2023)

Danielle Salmon, Jason Chua, James Brown, Amanda Clacy, Zachary Y. Kerr, Simon Walters, Sierra Keung, John Sullivan, Johna Register-Mahalik, Chris Whatman, Gisela Sole & Marelise Badenhorst.

Designing, implementing and evaluating a framework for managing concussions in New Zealand secondary schools: A study protocol (2023)

Danielle Salmon, Marelise Badenhorst, Sierra Keung, Patricia Lucas, Kate Mossman, Kylie Thompson, Simon Walters & Gisela Sole.

The balancing act - Physiotherapists' experiences of managing rugby-related concussion in the community (2022)

Danielle Salmon, Marelise Badenhorst, Gisela Sole, John S Sullivan & Johna Register-Mahalik.

Time to expand the circle of care–General practitioners’ experiences of managing concussion in the community (2022)

Danielle Salmon, Marelise Badenhorst, Eanna Falvey, Zachary Y. Kerr, James Brown, Simon Walters, Gisela Sole, John S Sullivan, Chris Whatman, Johna Register-Mahalik and Ian Murphy.

Sport concussion assessment in New Zealand high school rugby players: a collaborative approach to the challenges faced in primary care (2022)

Danielle M. Salmon, Jason Chua, S. John Sullivan, Chris Whatman, James Brown, Johna Register-Mihalik, Ian Murphy, Simon Walters, Amanda Clacy, Gisela Sole, Zachary Y. Kerr, Karen Rasmussen & Mike England

The rugby tug-of-war: Exploring concussion-related behavioural intentions and behaviours in youth community rugby union in New Zealand (2022)

Danielle M Salmon, Marelise Badenhorst, Simon Walters, Amanda Clacy, Jason Chua, Johna Register-Mihalik, Janelle Romanchuk, Zachary Y Kerr, Sierra Keung, S. John Sullivan & Chris Whatman 

Baseline concussion assessment performance of community-based senior rugby players: a cross-sectional study (2021)

Danielle M. Salmon, Jason Chua, S. John Sullivan, Chris Whatman, James Brown, Johna Register-Mihalik, Ian Murphy, Simon Walters, Amanda Clacy, Gisela Sole, Zachary Y. Kerr, Karen Rasmussen & Mike England

Infographic. New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway (2020)

Danielle Salmon, Janelle Romanchuk, Ian Murphy, John S Sullivan, Simon Walters, Chris Whatman, Sierra Keung, Amanda Clacy, Klazina Van Der Vis. 

How do we do better? Managing Community rugby concussions in a primary care setting (2020)

Danielle Salmon, Janelle Romanchuk, Ian Murphy, John S Sullivan, Simon Walters, Chris Whatman, Sierra Keung, Amanda Clacy. 

Concussion knowledge, attitude and reporting intention in rugby coaches and high school rugby players (2020)

Danielle M Salmon, Janelle Romanchuk, S John Sullivan, Simon Walters, Amanda Clacy, Johna K Register-Mihalik, Zachary Y Kerr, Chris Whatman & Sierra Keung

What they know and who they are telling:Concussion knowledge and disclosure behaviour in New Zealand adolescent rugby union players (2020)

Danielle M. Salmon, Jody Mcgowan, S. John Sullivan, Ian Murphy, Simon Walters, Chris Whatman, Sierra Keung, Amanda Clacy & Janelle Romanchuk

Square peg round hole - Time to customise a concussion assessment tools for primary care: The New Zealand experience? A call for a GP-SCAT (2020)

Danielle M. Salmon, S. John Sullivan, Ian Murphy, Johna K. Regiser Mihalik, Bret Dougherty & Graeme McCrory

Infographic. New Zealand Rugby's community concussion initiative: keeping kiwi communities safe (2019)

Danielle Salmon, Janelle Romanchuk, Ian Murphy, John S Sullivan, Simon Walters, Chris Whatman, Sierra Keung, Amanda Clacy, Klazina Van Der Vis. 

Infographic. New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway (2019)

Danielle Salmon, Janelle Romanchuk, Ian Murphy, Simon Walters, Chris Whatman, et al.

RugbySmart Research:

RugbySmart: Challenges and Lessons from the Implementation of a Nationwide Sports Injury Prevention Partnership Programme

Kenneth Quarrie, Simon Gianotti, Ian Murphy, Peter Harold, Danielle Salmon & Joseph Harawira

Injury Risk in New Zealand Rugby Union: A Nationwide Study of Injury Insurance Claims from 2005 to 2017

Ken Quarrie, Simon Gianotti & Ian Murphy

First Aid in Rugby (FAIR) Training: The Otago experience [pg20-26]

Tobias J Hoeta, Sophie A Oldershaw, Steph O Young, Danielle Salmon & S John Sullivan