> The spinal damage was from playing against people in my college year group who were clearly much older than me, and should not have been playing against 16 ye

> The spinal damage was from playing against people in my college year group who were clearly much older than me, and should not have been playing against 16 year olds. School rugby in NZ had a great solution to this that I wish was implemented elsewhere. The teams were categorised by weight rather than age, which makes a lot more sense for school / college Rugby.