Removing contact from school rugby will not turn children into couch potatoes

While studies of injuries in children playing contact rugby are sporadic, and neither comprehensive in terms of coverage nor consistent in definitions of injury, the findings are consistent-collision and tackle are where most injuries occur, injuries occur frequently and prevention strategies are not evaluated. 4-7 Second, those opposed to removing contact seek to undermine the evidence of harm by referring to a slew of new initiatives in order to claim that changes to the game have reduced the harms. [...]Professor Viner for the RCPCH writes, "It is vital that we work to address the problems of injury to children when playing sports.