Is rugby now too dangerous for children?

Rugby is a tough, physical sport and injuries are a major part of it. But are the risks too high? Should we stop our children playing the game?Sedbergh, a near-medieval public school nestled among steepling fells in Cumbria, is a 6am-run-and-bracing-shower sort of institution. Over centuries, it has hewn an abundance of military strategists, statesmen and polar explorers. Mostly, however, it has been a production line for brilliant rugby players. Four Old Sedberghians have captained England one of them was Will Carling and it has turned out a Scotland skipper, too. In 1993 a rugby ball from …