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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Indubbiamente é logico fare il possibile per
evitare infortuni che il maggior peso degli avanti di oggi facilitano
rispetto agli anni in cui giocavo ( 1949 . 1951 ) Il pacchetto della Rugby
Parma poteva pesare al massimo 680 - 700 kg contro i quasi 900 di oggi.Allora
però si poteva comtrasyere per ottenere una posizione favorevole quando ers
l'avvrsario a rimettere. Questo era fonte dicapocciate e si arrivava anche a
morsi come capitò a me. Il giorno dopo dovetti inventare una scusa in uffiicio
dove avevo cominciato da poco a lavorare.-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Allora erano molte le cravatte per fermare
l'avversario ma era difficile vedere un avversario calpestato nel gioco a
terra.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meno fisicità ma azioni che vedevano la palla
arrivare più facilmente all'ala.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Improponibile paragonare il rugby d'allora con
l'attuale ma io rimango legato a quello.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Antonio</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=giggibocchino@yahoo.it href="mailto:giggibocchino@yahoo.it">Luigi
Bocchino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rugbylist@rugbylist.it
href="mailto:rugbylist@rugbylist.it">rugbylist@rugbylist.it</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:20
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RUGBYLIST] Addio all'ingaggio
in mischia? </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=subtitle_blue>da scrum.com</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=subtitle_blue>Scrummaging law change expected to be
endorsed</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text_bold>08 Oct 2006 </DIV>
<DIV></SPAN><SPAN class=text>A planned law change to outlaw scrum collisions
is expected to be ratified at a full International Rugby Board meeting in
Dublin next month. <BR> <BR>The move, that has been prompted by a
spate of injuries at all levels of the game, may also be followed by further
ammendments concerning the tackle area. <BR> <BR>Following a two-day
conference last week the IRB medical committee are proposing a change that
would outlaw the practice of front rows charging at each other to form a
scrum. <BR> <BR>Instead scrums would start with the two front rows
opposite each other before manoeuvring themselves into position, ensuring
neither side had any significant forward momentum before the ball was fed
in. <BR> <BR>The change to Law 20 will be put forward at a full
board meeting in Dublin next month and is expected to be ratified that will
make it effective from January 1. <BR> <BR>Law 20 currently states:
"Before the two front rows come together, they must be standing no more than
an arm's length apart." <BR> <BR>But the IRB's medical committee
has recommended that change is made to follow the Under-19 variation, whereby
each prop should be touching his opponent's upper arm prior to engagement -
thus cutting out the charge. <BR> <BR>The Rugby Football Union has
been a key player in the move for change after such high profile injuries as
that sustained by Matt Hampson during an England Under-21 scrummaging session.
<BR> <BR>Estimates place the force the three front-row men have to
shoulder at around 750kg and it is clear that spinal columns, discs and necks
are not designed to bear that kind of load. <BR> <BR>Martyn Thomas,
chairman of the RFU Management Board, believes it may be the first of many
changes to make the game safer. <BR> <BR>"Player safety is an issue
which is being addressed urgently, and changing the way a scrum is set is a
start," Thomas told <I>The Guardian</I>. <BR> <BR>"I would like to
see the IRB adopt the Under-19 rule that when one side is reduced to seven men
in the scrum because a player has been sent off or sin-binned, the other team
has to follow suit. <BR> <BR>"I know there will be a hue and cry at
any changes to the way scrums operate, but one serious injury in rugby is too
many. Our job as administrators is to respect the principles of the game while
at the same time reducing the potential risks for players. Studies show that
more serious injuries occur at the tackle area than in the scrum and this is
another area which needs to be addressed." <BR> <BR>Earlier this
year Dr James Bourke, a consultant general surgeon at Queen's Medical Centre,
Nottingham, and also honorary medical officer to the city's National League
Division One club, called for a change to uncontested scrums.
<BR> <BR>Writing in the British Medical Journal, he said that over
the 30 years he had been at Nottingham Rugby Club he had seen seven serious
spinal cord injuries, six of which were related to the contested scrum.
<BR> <BR>"The consequences of injury are so great that the
continuing risk of injury cannot be accepted." <BR> <BR>Contested
scrums were banned in Australian rugby league in 1996 and there have been no
acute spinal cord injuries since, the BMJ article said. <BR> <BR>On
the other side of the world, Australia coach John Connolly, formerly coach of
Premiership side Bath, has welcomed the change. <BR> <BR>"The
injuries are less than they used to be, but everyone is very conscious that
one (paraplegic) is one too many," Connolly told the <I>Sunday Mail</I>.
"Anything that helps the safety of the game is fine by
me. <BR> <BR>"Most people won't notice the change. There will still
be scrummaging and it will probably help speed up the game by cutting down on
collapsed and reset scrums." <BR> <BR>The highest profile Australian
victim of a scrum injury recently was prop Ben Darwin, whose career was ended
by a neck injury in a collapsed scrum in the 2003 World Cup semi-final against
the All Blacks in Sydney. <BR> <BR>However 1991 and 1999 Rugby World
Cup winning prop Dan Crowley has criticised the move. <BR> <BR>"That
one ruling would be one of the most significant rule changes in the history of
the game," he told the same newspaper. "The scrum is all about impact; it is
all about winning the battle at the advantage line. <BR> <BR>"What
is this, rugby league? If this goes through, goodbye Rodney Blake, goodbye Os
du Randt. Why would you want a 130kg player? <BR> <BR>"You'd be
better off putting a small, fast bloke like Phil Waugh into the front row and
teaching him the right body position to stop him getting blown
away. <BR> <BR>"It doesn't matter how big or powerful a front row
is, if the other side gets its body position right you aren't going to
dominate it from a standing start. Everything comes from the hit before the
scrum." <BR> <BR>Recent refereeing disparities highlighted in the
Anglo-Welsh Cup may also see further changes when it comes to the tackle
area. <BR> <BR>In fact the RFU's injury audit, which was published
last year, showed tackling was responsible for more injuries than scrummaging.
<BR> <BR>"There is room for subjectivity in the laws of the game
and we have a group looking at this issue," IRB communications officer, Greg
Thomas told <I>The Guardian</I>. <BR> <BR>"We are centralising
research into injuries and all unions will be contributing their data to allow
us to see exactly why injuries are happening and put a prevention programme
into place. A number of recommendations for law changes are being put to the
council next month. They are being sent out to all the unions and it is too
early to say what will be agreed." <BR> <BR></SPAN></DIV>
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