{"id":779,"date":"2017-09-27T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=779"},"modified":"2017-09-27T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:27:55","slug":"comment-school-rugby-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/09\/27\/comment-school-rugby-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Should rugby be banned in schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/rugby2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/09\/27\/comment-school-rugby-ban\/rugby2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/rugby2.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1028,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1350635989&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00062972292191436&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rugby2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/rugby2.jpg?fit=700%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/rugby2.jpg?resize=700%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports biomechanics lecturer comments on the latest research published in the BMJ yesterday that recommends rugby should be banned in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Andrew Barnes from Hallam&#8217;s Academy of Sport and Physical Activity spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p05f8n81\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Radio Sheffield<\/a> [listen to the full package from 1:19:47 with Dr Barnes interview featuring at 1:22:57] to give his views on yesterday&#8217;s national news story in which Newcastle University&#8217;s Professor Allyson Pollock said a school ban would reduce concussion, head and neck injuries. Dr Barnes argued against the banning of rugby stating the focus needs to be around better education on tackling techniques from an early age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports biomechanics lecturer comments on the latest research published in the BMJ yesterday that recommends rugby should be banned in schools Dr Andrew Barnes from Hallam&#8217;s Academy of Sport and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9105,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[23,174,173,172],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-academy-of-sport-and-physical-activity","tag-bbc-radio-sheffield","tag-dr-andrew-barnes","tag-rugby-ban"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/rugby1.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-cz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":876,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/10\/25\/protective-headgear-in-rugby\/","url_meta":{"origin":779,"position":0},"title":"Wearing protective headgear in rugby may increase the risk of serious injury \u2013 new research","author":"Jane Gardner-Florence","date":"October 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Andrew Barnes,\u00a0Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University Rugby, with its rucks and its mauls, its scrums and its tackles, is considered one of the most physical sports played in schools. 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