Yes tragically a number of players have suffered serious spinal injuries at scrum time; you would indeed have to be insane to want to play in the front row.
Thinking about stopping a rugby tackle,...
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Yes tragically a number of players have suffered serious spinal injuries at scrum time; you would indeed have to be insane to want to play in the front row.
Thinking about stopping a rugby tackle,...
Yes that’s true, you soon learn that if your head ends up between the ground and your opponent it’s going to hurt! Concussion being the likely outcome. Which goes back to Frost’s first sentence about...
The double leg is very similar to a rugby tackle. I’ve played rugby all my life and have never come across anyone breaking their neck from a ‘double leg style’ rugby tackle. Lots of other injuries...