And still rugby hides behind "specialists". In Britain a young man called Dominic Ryan, a former Ireland international, has just retired from rugby after repeated concussions. He admitted that as a rugby player "you're primitive, you're an animal." Surely it is time for rugby to consider going the way of boxing and issuing licenses to professional players. At times New Zealand rugby can seem more like a slaughterhouse than a game.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2018 04:07 UTC