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Take away the contact and you don’t have a game left

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With the Six Nations now in full swing the last thing the game needs is further condemnation about how it’s played but last week the sport found itself being called a form of ‘child abuse’ because it allows physical contact.
According to academics from three universities, Winchester, Bournemouth and Nottingham, letting children (5-16 year-olds) take part in contact sports contradicts existing British laws that prohibit child abuse.
The leading author Eric Anderson (professor of sport at Winchester University) said: “Injuries remain the same so we stop parents hitting children around their hea...

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