The prohibition of the jackal – The means by which the players compete for the ball during a breakdown – was proposed as an adjustment of the radical law to make modern rugby safer.
Dr. Barry O’Driscoll has devoted most of his work to protect the sport he loves, with a particular emphasis on the limitation of the dangers of head injuries and concussions.
In 2012, he left his post as principal medical advisor to global rugby to protest against the introduction of specific convenienceal protocols, namely the evaluation of head injuries (HIA). At the time, O’Driscoll predicted problems on the horizon. It therefore proved.
World rugby, RFU and WRU remain locked in an ongoing legal case with former professionals, who pursue the game authorities for alleged negligence on the brain diseases with whom they are retired. Now, O’Driscoll thinks that the more can be done.
“ The contact amount should be reduced ”, he said Confidential rugby. “They have already tried to contact the head and rightly. It was a dramatic change. They must be strict on this subject. The successes are so difficult now.
Barry O’Driscoll resigned from his post as principal medical advisor to World Rugby in 2021 for their Concrete Protocols
Barry comes from a talented family – the son of his cousin is Brian O’Driscoll, one of the greatest players in Ireland and the lions of all time
“The next step for me is the jackal. It must go. I think we also have too many players on the field. I would bring it to 13.
“I know that some people would say” Oh my God, Old Boy – it’s the rugby league “, but I think it’s an option, even if the authorities are fighting.”
When a player is discussed, creating a breakdown, the opposition defenders try to compete for possession in what is known as a “jackal”.
The attackers try to limit the jackal by eliminating this threat during the rupture, the end result being a brutal physical competition in which serious injuries are common.
The abolition of this competition entirely, as O’Driscoll says, would bring union more in line with his counterpart in the League.
It would be unpopular among the traditional fans base of the Union and would also eliminate the forces of breakdown specialists such as the English flanker of Toulouse Jack Willis. The tastes of Sam Warburton and David Pocock are other players who have prospered in this area of the game in the past years.
The former captain of Wales and Lions Warburton recently argued that international rugby has become much safer and that those who work in the media do not do a job well enough to transmit this message. Rugby has undoubtedly made positive progress in this area.
But O’Driscoll thinks that radical measures should be taken. He predicted that the current legal case of rugby and, cruelly, now fights against dementia in early start.
The legend of Wales, Sam Warburton, made his name by being a king of the jackal
Australia David Pocock is another who was a genius to win the ball at La Panne
It was “very disappointed” by the 20 -minute red card trial which was introduced for the six nations of this year. This rule allows a player who is sent to replace after 20 minutes.
“You have to victimize one side for a unfair game,” he said. “In most cases, the head is involved. It’s crazy. Any side can compensate for a player on leave for only 20 minutes, but not longer.
O’Driscoll won four caps in Ireland as a family member full of international stars and health professionals.
The son of his cousin, Brian, is the most famous member of the clan, having won 133 Irish caps and eight with the lions.
His son Gary is currently responsible for sports medicine in Manchester United, after playing the same role at Arsenal.
“I come from a medical and rugby family,” said Barry. “I got out of the game a lot and I was very lucky to arrive at 83 with early dementia.
“I do not regret having played. I got much more from rugby camaraderie than any penalty that I am about to pay. I am one of the lucky ones.
Spicy jibe of Slade while England heads north
England spoke to win the hearts and minds of the North during their visit to York for a training camp last week, but it did not go entirely to plan.
Supporters in the region who find it difficult to attend matches in London were invited to watch open training at the LNER community stadium, at the house of local football teams and rugby league, and a few thousand people came for the session.
England trained in front of thousands of fans at the York Lner Community Stadium last week
Henry Slade was far from popular when he made a joke to be in the North
After their delayed arrival, the England team spoke with the crowd – including many schoolchildren – while Captain Maro Itoje thanked them for coming and the director of the World Cup winner, Richard Hill, also spoke and received warm applause.
But when the Henry Slade Center, which was fell to the side to face Italy on Sunday, was interviewed while he was on an exercise bike next to the field, applause gave way to huae. The reason?
When they were asked if it was good to be in York, the return back – far from home – said: “It’s a little too far north for me. It’s quite cold.
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No fraternal love in the university
A pair of brothers – one of whom has changed camp – and an Arctic explorer is among the players who take place like the universities of Oxford and Cambridge are fighting this weekend.
On Saturday, the male and female teams of the two prestigious establishments will offer university glory at the Stonex stadium, the Maison des Saracens.
In the male match, James and Harry Pratt will both be among Oxford’s replacements. During last year’s match, James was on the bench for Cambridge and played against Harry as they hammered their greatest rivals 56-11.
It was the biggest victory of the Blues Light in the history of the match. Now James has changed universities, which means that the brothers and sisters will then associate themselves that Oxford seeks to take revenge.
In the women’s match, Phoebe Jackson de Cambridge will take a break in his doctorate in Antarctic Glaciology to bid the glory of rugby.
Jackson is a flying center, but far from the height, its search for doctorate focuses on antarctic atmospheric rivers and their influence on the stability of ice.
How Henry stung the Blues
The French camp praised the intergenerational attraction of the Legend of Football of the country Thierry Henry after giving the Blues a speech of encouragement before Ireland.
Henry, winner of the World Cup with France in 1998 and an Arsenal icon, spoke and posed for photos with the rugby stars of his country, including Captain Antoine Dupont.
The famous handball by Thierry Henry who prevented Ireland from going to the 2010 World Cup
Ireland was furious, but handball has not been spotted – and now Henry is once again plotting an Irish defeat
His presence before the decision -maker of the title of the Six Nations on Saturday with Ireland was particularly remarkable given the identity of the next opposition from France.
Henry handball in a 2009 World Cup qualification controversial the Irish football team from reaching the 2010 centerpiece in South Africa.
French rugby attack coach Patrick Arlettaz said about Henry: “He’s a person who talks about many generations.
“It was really nice. He talked about his life, his experience, his journey – everything attracted our players. He did it without reluctance, opening completely. We felt his sincerity.
“This is what we are looking for when we ask inspiring people to talk to the team.”
Italian’s secret weapon to help slaughter England
Italian’s offer for a first victory against England at Twickenham on Sunday saw the boss of Azzurri Gonzalo Quesada Choosing the brain of the great Argentinian football Javier Zanetti.
Zanetti, 51, is a hero in Italy after playing for Inter Milan between 1995 and 2014 and made the greatest number of league appearances as a foreign player in Serie A.
Javier Zanetti is a hero in Italy with Inter Milan, with whom he won the triples in 2010
Zanetti is now Vice-President of the Inter, but has exchanged a round bullet for an oval in Rome when he looked at the lateral Italian rugby train and met Quesada during the team’s open session.
England is the only team that Italy has not beat since they joined the six nations in 2000.
Who will fulfill the crucial roles of Wales?
The Welsh Rugby Union is currently in the middle of a process of recruiting heavy goods vehicles to occupy three key jobs that will define the future travel orientation of the organization.
Michael Cheika is one of the main candidates to take the post of head coach of Wales
Simon Easterby (right) is another eminent competitor to succeed the interim head coach Matt Sheratt (left)
While the absolute priority of the CEO Abi Tierney is to find a long -term replacement of Warren Gatland as a male chief coach, she is also looking for a new rugby director and a growth director – two vital positions in terms of and out of scope.
Tierney hopes to set up the director of rugby by the end of this month and, in an ideal world, before the hiring of the coach.
This is because whoever is the coach, they will present themselves to the director of rugby. Michael Cheika, Simon Easterby, Franco Smith and Pat Lam are pretenders to the most important role of Welsh Rugby.
Wales’s growth director will be responsible for increasing the organization’s commercial income – difficult work at a time when global rugby is faced with financial challenges.
