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"Players will be the red-card-scapegoats as long as Rugby remains terrified of itself"
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<blockquote data-quote="Rinkadink" data-source="post: 916452" data-attributes="member: 74190"><p>If you want to see what will happen if you lower the contact area to below the hips as has been suggested in various quarters; Sharples vs Cokasinaga a couple of weeks ago. It's the tackler that gets injured most of the time and forcing them to put their heads in the way of speeding hips and flying knees at funky angles is asking for trouble of all kinds.</p><p></p><p>At what point do we accept that there are inherent risks and insurance should cover for unfortunate incidents? I don't know if we are there yet but as someone who used to play a bit I know I'd rather not be forced to literally stick my neck on the line/places where it shouldn't be because it's my only option as directed from on high by the rugby PTB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rinkadink, post: 916452, member: 74190"] If you want to see what will happen if you lower the contact area to below the hips as has been suggested in various quarters; Sharples vs Cokasinaga a couple of weeks ago. It's the tackler that gets injured most of the time and forcing them to put their heads in the way of speeding hips and flying knees at funky angles is asking for trouble of all kinds. At what point do we accept that there are inherent risks and insurance should cover for unfortunate incidents? I don't know if we are there yet but as someone who used to play a bit I know I'd rather not be forced to literally stick my neck on the line/places where it shouldn't be because it's my only option as directed from on high by the rugby PTB. [/QUOTE]
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