Bangor University's Rugby Knowledge Exchange @SportsciBangor @BangorUni. Real-world solutions for rugby, through cutting-edge research, impact, and consultancy.
Bangor, Wales
Joined July 2017
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Our latest rugby research project @RugbyKX funded by @WorldRugby and supported by the @WelshRugbyUnion #HerGame #HerSafety #thisgirlcan
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Help us make Welsh sport safer! 🏴
Head Sense Cymru is evaluating concussion policy in grassroots sport.
If you’re a coach, official, or parent, your voice matters. 📢
✅ 10 mins ✅ Win £300 for your community sports club
Take the survey: bangorhumanscience.fra1.qual…
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🏉Deadline Extended!🏉
Do you have research on talent development in youth rugby?
Submit to our article collection - the deadline has been extended!
➡️fro.ntiers.in/RT67391
🗓️26/06/2026
🧑🏫Led by @RobinOwenPsych, @julianowenPhD and Drs. Anthony Leicht & Kevin Till
Great work George 🏉🏉🏉🏉
Great work from @RugbyKX PhD researcher George Lowe @BangorUni
We administered individualised micro-interventions based on (rugby) player psychosocial profiles to improve the talent development environment. 👇👇
www-tandfonline-com.bangor.i…
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Great work @EloiseKirby_PGR 🏉
More work needed to educate female rugby players on breast health and protection.
@SportSciBangor @BangorUni @WISGYR
Congratulations to @EloiseKirby_PGR on the first published article from their PhD.
'Don't tell the coach’: contact breast injury and breast pain in under-18 international female rugby players bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/1…
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🕒 Only 5 weeks left to submit!
Share your research on youth rugby talent development & how genetics, training & psychology influence emerging players
✍️fro.ntiers.in/RT67931
🗓️26/09/25
Led by @RobinOwenPsych @julianowenPhD and Drs. Till and Leicht
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Well done to @RugbyKX @SportSciBangor PhD researcher @EloiseKirby_PGR on winning this award supported by @CASESsocial at the recent @WISE_AN conference 🙌
📣Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network winner Eloise Kirby embraces CASES student membership prize.
CASES has welcomed a new Student Member following a successful prize giving at the WiSEAN conference: bit.ly/451VZ4G
#Girlsrugby #rugby #youthrugby #womeninsport
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Launching our Head Sense research project @SportSciBangor. Look out for updates over the coming weeks and months. Please get in touch for more details. #sport #concussion #prevention #mTBI #communitysport @BangorUni
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RT and distribution appreciated 🙏
📢Rugby players, coaches, medical
🏉Any Rugby code, level, country
📋Anon 10min survey on knowledge and reporting Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) in Rugby
PLAYERS
unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.c…
COACHES & MEDICAL SUPPORT STAFF
unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.c…
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Researchers @RugbyKX @BangorUni, with the help of @RGCNews @WelshRugbyUnion, have designed a practical tool to assess technical and tactical progression in rugby union 🏉
Scored on a simple scale, the tool provides data that can be tracked over time or used for talent ID
Congratulations to @RugbyKX researcher George Lowe on his first PhD publication.
The 3-part study developed a practical tool for assessing technical & tactical skills in rugby union pathways 🏉
@elerijonesPhD
@GottwaldVicky
@julianowenPhD
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Congratulations to @RugbyKX researcher George Lowe on his first PhD publication.
The 3-part study developed a practical tool for assessing technical & tactical skills in rugby union pathways 🏉
@elerijonesPhD
@GottwaldVicky
@julianowenPhD
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Great research visit to @UL and @PessLimerick to meet the researchers @IRIS_Rugby. Thanks to @IanCKenny Tom Comyns and Catriona Yeomans @IrishRugby. Some exciting ideas for future research collaboration in rugby 🏉
Well done Darcey, important work contributing to the prevention of sport-related concussion in female athletes 👏
Huge congratualtions to @cardiffuni medical student Darcey Atkinson for winning the best oral presentation at the USEMS National Undergraduate Sports and Exercise Medicine Conference @ucl. Darcey presented research from her intercalated sports science degree @BangorUni. @WISGYR
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Important work from @EloiseKirby_PGR and @WISGYR. Please share if you are involved in girls youth rugby in Wales
‼️We are recruiting ‼️
🏉 Do you currently play for one of the Girls’ Rugby Hubs in Wales? 🏉
If yes, please consider signing up to take part in our newest research study looking at sport specialisation and injury risk.
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‼️We are recruiting ‼️
🏉 Do you currently play for one of the Girls’ Rugby Hubs in Wales? 🏉
If yes, please consider signing up to take part in our newest research study looking at sport specialisation and injury risk.
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✅️New paper✅️
We used pattern recognition to identify predictors of non-contact lower limb injury in Rugby Union. Two-years of athlete monitoring, with 1740 weekly datapoints!! 😱 💾
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Hot off the press 🔥 @PLOSONE
Can we use machine learning to predict lower limb injury risk in rugby union?
A collaborative effort from @RugbyKX researchers @LoisSeren @julianowenPhD @RobinOwenPsych
@elerijonesPhD and @RGCNews journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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⭐️Submissions Open⭐️
Do you have research on talent development in youth rugby and how it enhances performance, promotes well-being, and creates effective development strategies?
➡️Submit here: fro.ntiers.in/NAsZ
🗓️Deadline: 26/09/25
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NEW BOOK CHAPTER! 📔
Rugby Knowledge Exchange researchers @RobinOwenPsych @julianowenPhD & @LoisSeren have contributed to a new @springerpub book on AI in sport.
The chapter examines the application of AI in sport injury risk prediction - take a look 👀link.springer.com/book/10.10…
NEW BOOK CHAPTER! 📔
Rugby Knowledge Exchange researchers @RobinOwenPsych @julianowenPhD & @LoisSeren have contributed to a new @springerpub book on AI in sport.
The chapter examines the application of AI in sport injury risk prediction - take a look 👀link.springer.com/book/10.10…