RFU schools board member backs call for non-contact rugby and says union is an extinct boys’ network unwilling to changeEngland’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has been accused of ignoring the health risks for child and teenage players as a board member of its own Rugby Football Schools Union came out in favour of a ban on tackling in school games.
Seventy doctors,health experts and academics joined together in calling for the ban, as a petition also launched on Change.org, and asking the government to replace contact rugby in schools with a touch version. It is the most concerted campaign yet for radical change to protect young players from concussion. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com