Concerns over lack of school rugby injury research
A new study has criticised the lack of surveillance and prevention programmes at youth level in the sport and said plans to encourage greater numbers of pupils to play should be shelved.
The research, published in the British Medical Journal, stressed that, until authorities do more to combat injuries among pupils, they are failing in their duty of care.
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Hide AdThe team at the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health at Queen Mary University of London point out that around 12 per cent of child and adolescent rugby players sustain an injury severe enough to require at least seven days’ absence from playing in a season, with concern over how concussion injuries are managed.