Professional rugby players in Ireland strongly against moves to ban tackling at school level

”We need to be careful not to tamper with the sport that we all love so much to such a degree that the next generation lose all interest in playing.”

The Irish Rugby Union Players’ Association (IRUPA) has conducted a snap survey with all of its members to gauge collective opinion on the issue of banning the contact area in schools rugby.

The survey was conducted in light of a group of English medics recently pushing to eliminate tackling from the game at schools level.