Size, physique and the number of games should concern the sport’s rulers, not the conduct of high-profile players
In a summer which saw the premature retirements of the Lions captain Sam Warburton and the Newcastle prop Scott Wilson through injury, and a few months after the Northampton and Australia centre Rob Horne suffered paralysis in his right arm playing against Leicester, an article in a political magazine lamented rugby union’s deterioration as a spectacle and as an example to youngsters when it came to the conduct of players.
“It has become a nasty, dangerous, gladiatorial sport, played by men with too much muscle and too little skill,” wrote Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator. “A sport once synonymous with sporting a black eye is now better known for turning a blind eye.”
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/06/injuries-rugby-negative-headlines under the title “Injuries do rugby union much more harm than negative headlines | The Breakdown”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
