World Rugby ‘disappointed’ with Northampton over George North injury

• Rugby’s governing body says club failed to manage injury properly• Saints cannot be sanctioned but findings are a stern rebukeWorld Rugby has expressed its disappointment with Northampton for their handling of the George North head-injury incident in the match against Leicester last month, accusing the club of “failing to manage the injury appropriately”.Its review, in conjunction with the RFU, found that Northampton failed to apply the correct protocols, that the Saints medical staff were preoccupied with a possible spinal injury to North and that the Wales wing should have been immediately…

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