Rugby needs to alter its laws and restructure the season to tackle serious injuries

The dramatic number of injuries we are seeing in professional rugby
is not happening by chance.

The players, who are now built like American
footballers, are absolutely hammering each other.




The career expectancy of a professional rugby player used to be about 10 or
maybe 15 years.

In my day, you could play from the ages of 18 to 33.

Now you
are lucky to get eight or nine years without sustaining a serious injury.




And these are not just career-ending
injuries, they are life-changing injuries.

I am about to return to
hospital for a major knee operation, whic…