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Spinal injury worry prompts call to ban scrums in schoolsRSS Feed
Scrums should be banned in school rugby games because of the risk of spinal injury and other accidents, it has been claimed.
Professor Allyson Pollock, director of Edinburgh University's Centre for International Public Health Policy believes that the dangers involved in rugby are too great for children and there needs to be a change in the rules for school pupils.
She said: "High tackles and scrums should be banned. The sport is not safe enough for schoolchildren and not enough is being done to protect the safety of children."
Her comments follow a study into the incidence of accidents and injuries in school-age children playing the game that she co-authored.
The report looked at 190 matches at five schools and noted 37 injuries, including 20 that required a visit to accident and emergency.
One of these was a spinal injury that required an overnight stay.
Her comments follow the news that Scotland international rugby star Thom Evans has been forced to retire from rugby at the age of 25 following a spinal injury suffered in a Test match against Wales.
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