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To: the scotsman
Still, if you ain't man enough to play rugby...........

Rugby is less injury prone than American football because the padding in American football gives the players a false sense of invincibility.

74 posted on 06/18/2014 8:05:28 AM PDT by Labyrinthos ("Football players beat their wives, Rugby players eat their dead.")
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To: Labyrinthos

Less?.

Sorry but that’s nonsense. And my chiropractic cousins in Australia and England will agree with me.

Every year, several major players in Union alone have to retire early because of major knee, back, ankle, neck and shoulder injuries.

Not to mention broken necks!. In fact broken necks, esp at scrums, are still so prevalent that some are calling for scrums to be outlawed.

Scotland alone has lost two great young internationals to broken necks (Max Evans and Joe Ansbro)in just the last three years. Both the result of bone crunching tackles at speed.

No rugby, union and league, up down and across the leagues and the rugby world, is a sport littered with badly injured players.


85 posted on 06/18/2014 8:18:53 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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