in rugby, u can really get hurt right? or is it different?

Question

in rugby, u can really get hurt right? or is it different?

Answer 1

Rugby is one of the toughest contact sports out there. Players wear minimal protection (not like NFL players) and they make full physical contact. Injuries do occur and different players in different positions are susceptable to different kinds of injuries.



New Zealand are currently the number 1 team in International Rugby and Rugby is the country's National Sport. It's played from the youngest ages in schools right up to International level.



You can read some of what NZ is doing about Injury Prevention here:

http://www.nzrugbynet.co.nz/NZRFU/Resource+Library/RugbySmart.htm



One bullet point from that page reads:

The finding of ACC in the late 1980's that rugby cost the taxpayer over $20 million dollars per year in new and ongoing entitlement claims. There were, on average, 2 deaths, 1500 hospital admissions, and 20,000 Accident and Emergency consultations per year as a result of rugby.

Answer 2

yes in rugby you can get really get hurt you dont wear any protective gear...only a bandana/ear protecors so that you dont lose an ear in a scrum. it is full contact and they allow cleeting.

Answer 3

It's a very physical game. Players are tough, but they can get hurt because there is so much action.

Answer 4

of course you can get hurt. Haven't you seen Ross in Friends??

Answer 5

Yes, you can get hurt.

Answer 6

o yeaaa