GAVIN RICH: Tackling rule risks oversanitising rugby in quest for safety
List of players with careers cut short by injury is growing, but they knowingly risk that in an inherently dangerous sport
30 January 2023 - 05:06
For those of us who argue against the oversanitisation of rugby in the quest for a safer sport, particularly regarding head injuries, there is always a strong counterargument that makes our position appear fragile.
Pat Lambie, the Springbok and Sharks flyhalf whose career was cut short due to concussion, is a ready example from the not too distant past. A more recent one is the highly promising young Stormers lock David Meihuizen, who last year called time on his career at the age of just 24 on the advice of medical specialists...
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