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Research Article
The Lions Sports Academy TackleTEK Tool: The intra-and inter-coach reliability of assessing tackling competency in rugby union
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Robert Owen ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 2029603@swansea.ac.uk
Affiliation Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM), Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Camilla J. Knight ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM), Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Agder, Norway
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Will Page ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Faculty of Sport, Technology and Health Sciences, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, United Kingdom
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Jamie Tallent ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations School of Sport, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, Monash University Exercise Neuroplasticity Research Unit, School of Primary and Allied Care, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
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Liam Kilduff ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM), Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Mark Waldron
Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Owen, Camilla J. Knight, Will Page, Jamie Tallent, Liam Kilduff, Mark Waldron
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM), Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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The Lions Sports Academy TackleTEK Tool: The intra-and inter-coach reliability of assessing tackling competency in rugby union
- Robert Owen,
- Camilla J. Knight,
- Will Page,
- Jamie Tallent,
- Liam Kilduff,
- Mark Waldron
- Published: April 24, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346881