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I played open grade (no weight restrictions) rugby for a season as an undergrad after playing since I was 6. That year left me with several concussions and abou
by timClicks 7y ago
I played open grade (no weight restrictions) rugby for a season as an undergrad after playing since I was 6. That year left me with several concussions and about 5 years of headaches. Haven't played contact sports since.
- phillc73 7y agoThere's weight restricted rugby?
- timClicks 7y agoIn New Zealand there is at club level. Also all high school grades, except inter-school matches IIRC, are weight limited.
- phillc73 7y agoThanks. That's a really interesting concept and probably good from a safety aspect too. I've played rugby from age 12 to 35, in Australia, South Africa and England. I'd never heard of weight restricted teams. Having said that, it's ten years since I retired, and I guess things move on. If such positive safety measures are being implemented, that has to be a good thing.
- brian_cunnie 7y agoI've been playing rugby for 12 years, but I only got one concussion, when my teammate clipped my jaw during a passing drill, spinning my head around. Instant vertigo, fell down, and knew right away it was a concussion. I felt euphoric. It was wonderful. For the next 5 weeks, whenever I started warming up for practice (playing touch rugby), I'd get splitting headaches and have to stop. But after 5 weeks there were no headaches, so I resumed practice. The other two concussions I had were from hide-and-seek when I was ten, a head-on collision in a pitch-black room (I saw stars), and another when I was skiing off trail when I was 23 and knocked my head against a tree (I saw double for 30 seconds).