A Huge Tackle On Rugby

Rugby:
England is a country filled with high quality athletes able to showcase their talents across the board of sport. Footballers, Cricketers, Tennis stars and Rugby Players. These athletes dedicate their lives to become the greatest and grind on hard to maintain this upheld status.

Rugby is one of these sports where drama and talents are bound to be showcased. ruinous runs across the pitch, last ditch tackles to stop the try and off loads defying the laws of physics! These are some of the many aspects towards this beautiful game. With fragments like this occurring in games regularly it's bound to enlighten younger viewers to take on the sport.
Tackling:
Rugby will always have tackles that will be made, it's inevitable. There will not be a game that won't have tackle unless it is touch rugby (touching the player results in them having to stop and offload the ball to a fellow peer). Being such a competitive sport, big tackles will be made and these can be extremely dangerous if they are executed incorrectly. Perilous injuries can frequently occur, some of which can destroy an entire career.
A list of the most common injuries that have occurred:

  1. Hamstring injury (torn hamstring)
  2. Ankle Lateral Ligament injury (sprained ankle)
  3. Medical Collateral Ligaments injury (ligament located in knee torn)
  4. Thigh Haematoma (severe bruise to blood vessels located in thigh)
  5. Concussion (traumatic head injuries)
These injuries are extremely dangerous for children as their bodies haven't fully developed yet. This can make them a lot more fatal. So, is it a smart idea to have children making some of these tackles? Touch rugby is the easy solution, but what about the children that are becoming older? Will this affect the standard of rugby across England?


Doctors:
Doctors are urging that the tackling in rugby for children should be banned as the risk is high and the injuries that occur are serious. Common injuries for children involve dislocations and fractures in bones and joints across the body. Although, schools, PE teachers and coaches believe that it builds character in children and develops their personality. They also say it has a certain 'boy factor' that develops their masculinity. Evidence collected over 12 years showed rugby players up to the age of 18/19 had just under 30% of getting injured over 15 matches. As well as this, 90% of these injuries resulted in more than 7 days of school missed. So, as well as affecting the body of the children, it affects their education.


A Final Say:
The body of a child will always be developing and so these injuries can spark changes and mutations towards the growth and development of the body as well as their education and learning due to such a sport having to be played on a common basis. Surely this would mean that tackling should be banned, right?

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Universal Medicine (Sab Bassan)
Sources:
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35696238
  • http://www.maxinutrition.com/sports/rugby/common-injuries-prevention

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