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How to Punish High Defensives More Harshly

Rugby has changed the tackle law and to prevent this head on head contact. World Rugby's first big project was to do a study on 611 head injuries. And we discover that high head contacts, you know, like, I'm tackling you. My head near your head, your shoulders is much more dangerous than torso and even below the waist. So we come up with a high tackle directives but they haven't been implemented exactly right.

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