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New tackle law means more head injuries

NICK CAIN

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THE decision taken by World Rugby to lower the tackle height by trialling it in the new Championship Cup is a classic case of missing the point. The game’s administrators are alarmed by the way in which concussion rates are climbing, and so they should be. However, once again, World Rugby are tinkering around the edges of the problem rather than tackling the root causes of the concussion increase.
They believe that by lowering the tackle height below the armpits, rather than below the shoulder-line, it could have a solution for a rising c...

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