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Popham: It’s right to cut contact in training

FORMER Wales flanker Alix Popham believes a reduction in contact training needs to be mandatory across all levels of rugby.
World Rugby guidance will limit full-contact training to 15 minutes a week after research showed 35-40 per cent of injuries occurred in training.
Popham, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia when aged just 40, says the change should be compulsory and introduced immediately.
“It needs to happen now,” he said.
Popham, 41, is among a group of former players who have made a claim against Rugby Union’s authorities for negligence.
The group h...

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