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Commentary on "Contact events in rugby union and their propensity to cause injury"
Cork University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland; mickmolloy@mac.com
Contact events in rugby union and their propensity to cause injury
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Rugby union has long been recognised as a contact sport. This paper serves to describe the number, legality and outcome with regard to injury and occupational illness of such contacts and collisions over two different seasons for a very large cohort of players. Medical practitioners involved in assisting such teams need to be aware of the riskier elements of the game and also need to make the law-makers aware of how the game can be made safer. This could be done through educating law-makers themselves on the consequences of injuries and by outlining the potential to minimise serious harm in the various settings where injuries seem to occur repetitively.
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