Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Engage, don't ban

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-c

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John J Macfarlane (jjmacf@hotmail.com), consultant in rehabilitation medicine

Hunters Moor Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4NR

EDITOR—With reference to Bourke's personal view,1 I caution relying on personal experience rather than systematic study of the risk from contested scrums in rugby. In my six years in rehabilitation medicine, I have encountered six people with spinal cord injuries from playing rugby, one of whom was rugby league, and only one was injured in a …