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Rugby is 'abusive to a child's brain' - Sports professor

Do your children play rugby?  Some sports experts in the UK are saying that rugby in schools is a form of child abuse and that parents don’t understand the huge risk of brain injury to their children.  Is child abuse too strong a term?  Andrea was joined by Professor Eric Anderson, Professor of Sport at the University of Winchester, Former Ireland and Leinster player Shane Byrne and Liam Morley Brereton, coach at St Bridget’s Boxing Club, Edenderry to discuss...

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13.03 2 Feb 2024


Rugby is 'abusive to a child's brain' - Sports professor


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13.03 2 Feb 2024


Do your children play rugby? 

Some sports experts in the UK are saying that rugby in schools is a form of child abuse and that parents don’t understand the huge risk of brain injury to their children. 

Is child abuse too strong a term? 

Andrea was joined by Professor Eric Anderson, Professor of Sport at the University of Winchester, Former Ireland and Leinster player Shane Byrne and Liam Morley Brereton, coach at St Bridget’s Boxing Club, Edenderry to discuss...


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