Thoughts on the recent attempt to ban tackling in schoolboy rugby?
So stupid, not to mention dangerous. It's much safer teaching tackling to pre pubescent 11 year olds than it is to teach to humongous 18 year olds. If you tackle properly you won't get hurt. Also, if you don't want to tackle, don't play rugby.
So stupid, not to mention dangerous. It's much safer teaching tackling to pre pubescent 11 year olds than it is to teach to humongous 18 year olds. If you tackle properly you won't get hurt. Also, if you don't want to tackle, don't play rugby.
Exactly my thoughts. If you want to ban tackling you might as well just ban rugby. I doubt you'll get any 16 year old lads wanting to get out of bed at 6:30 on a Saturday morning to go and play touch anyway.
Like you've said, if you tackle properly nor you nor the person you're tackling will get injured. As for just getting hurt, that depends on if you've got a big fat prop running at you or not haha.
Exactly my thoughts. If you want to ban tackling you might as well just ban rugby. I doubt you'll get any 16 year old lads wanting to get out of bed at 6:30 on a Saturday morning to go and play touch anyway.
Like you've said, if you tackle properly nor you nor the person you're tackling will get injured. As for just getting hurt, that depends on if you've got a big fat prop running at you or not haha.
Not to mention how detrimental it would be to success in professional rugby. We wouldn't be able to compete and rugby would die out almost instantly.
Not to mention how detrimental it would be to success in professional rugby. We wouldn't be able to compete and rugby would die out almost instantly.
I really hope no schools adopt this nonsense policy. Playing rugby has been one of the best experiences I've had at secondary school and it'd be a shame to deny that to other kids.
I really hope no schools adopt this nonsense policy. Playing rugby has been one of the best experiences I've had at secondary school and it'd be a shame to deny that to other kids.
I think the one thing that may come out of it is not forcing people to play contact, which is understandable. In my school we'd split into two groups, those who could play rugby, and those who couldn't. Can't imagine it's like it in all schools though, especially ones with smaller class sizes, and especially ones in areas where rugby isn't so common.