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White AJ, Batten J, Howarth NE \u2026 Pollock AM. Imposing compulsory rugby union on schoolchildren: an analysis of English state-funded secondary schools.<\/a> Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2022;4. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools\u2019 rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573\u2013606.<\/p>\n

White AJ, Robinson S, Anderson E, Bullingham R, Pollock AM, Scoats R. The lack of age representation in the governance of rugby union in England<\/a>. Sociology of Sport Journal 2019;36:300\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. \u2018Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby\u2019: some concerns<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51:1108\u201313. download<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Removing contact from school rugby will not turn children into couch potatoes<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016;bjsports-2016-096220. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years.<\/a> British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:511\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:506\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Tackling rugby: what every parent should know about injuries<\/a>. London: Verso; 2014.<\/p>\n

Parekh N, Hodges S, Pollock AM, et al. Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:611\u20133. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicol A, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Robson J. Rugby union injuries in Scottish schools<\/a>. J Pub Health (Oxf) 2010;33(2):256\u201361. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Preventing <\/a>injury<\/a> in childhood<\/a>. BMJ 2008;336:1388\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Briefing for the Chief Medical Officer on child and adolescent injury surveillance in Scotland and sport. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Pollock AM. Kids\u2019 lives are on the line but rugby won\u2019t listen<\/a>. The Sunday Times 13 Dec 2020.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugb<\/a>y. BMJ opinion. 26 Sep 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Sport Duty of Care Review: submission. London; May 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Take out the tackle from school rugby<\/a>. The Huffington Post UK. 14 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Remove the tackle from school rugby and put in place injury surveillance<\/a>. Better Health For All. 08 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Rugby is dangerous \u2013 and we\u2019re not doing enough to protect children who play it<\/a>. The Conversation. 01 Oct 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock, AM.\u00a0World Rugby isn\u2019t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries<\/a>. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. What schools don\u2019t want you to know about rugby<\/a>. The Spectator. 22 Nov 2014.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. We have to tackle child injury on the sports field. Herald. 2008.<\/p>\n

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Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools\u2019 rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573\u2013606.<\/p>\n

White AJ, Robinson S, Anderson E, Bullingham R, Pollock AM, Scoats R. The lack of age representation in the governance of rugby union in England<\/a>. Sociology of Sport Journal 2019;36:300\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. \u2018Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby\u2019: some concerns<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51:1108\u201313. download<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Piggin J, Pollock AM. World Rugby\u2019s erroneous and misleading representation of Australian sports injury statistics<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Rugby injury surveillance and prevention programmes: are they effective?<\/a> BMJ. 2015;350:h1587. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years.<\/a> British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:511\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:506\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Parekh N, Hodges S, Pollock AM, et al. Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:611\u20133. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicol A, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Robson J. Rugby union injuries in Scottish schools<\/a>. J Pub Health (Oxf) 2010;33(2):256\u201361. download<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pollock AM. Kids\u2019 lives are on the line but rugby won\u2019t listen<\/a>. The Sunday Times 13 Dec 2020.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugb<\/a>y. BMJ opinion. 26 Sep 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Head injuries and concussion in rugby. Briefing to the Rugby Union All Party Parliamentary Group. 28 Nov 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Sport Duty of Care Review: submission. London; May 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Remove the tackle from school rugby and put in place injury surveillance<\/a>. Better Health For All. 08 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Take out the tackle from school rugby<\/a>. The Huffington Post UK. 14 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Rugby is dangerous \u2013 and we\u2019re not doing enough to protect children who play it<\/a>. The Conversation. 01 Oct 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock, AM.\u00a0World Rugby isn\u2019t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries<\/a>. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. A dangerous game<\/a>. Scottish Review. 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. What schools don\u2019t want you to know about rugby<\/a>. The Spectator. 22 Nov 2014.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Tackling rugby: what every parent should know about injuries<\/a>. London: Verso; 2014.<\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Preventing <\/a>injury<\/a> in childhood<\/a>. BMJ 2008;336:1388\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. We have to tackle child injury on the sports field. Herald. 2008.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools\u2019 rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573\u2013606.<\/p>\n

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Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021.<\/p>\n

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Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Written evidence to \u201cConcussion in sport\u201d parliamentary enquiry, Mar 2021. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Children account for almost half of all visits to A&E for sports injuries<\/a>. The Conversation. 02 Nov 2018.<\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Results on sports-related injuries in children from NHS emergency care dataset Oxfordshire pilot: an ecological study<\/a>. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2018. download<\/a><\/p>\n

White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. \u2018Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby\u2019: some concerns<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugb<\/a>y. BMJ. 26 Sep 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51:1108\u201313. download<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Head injuries and concussion in rugby. Briefing to the Rugby Union All Party Parliamentary Group. 28 Nov 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Sport Duty of Care Review: submission. London; 2016 May. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Remove the tackle from school rugby and put in place injury surveillance<\/a>. Better Health For All. 08 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Piggin J, Pollock AM. World Rugby\u2019s erroneous and misleading representation of Australian sports injury statistics<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Take out the tackle from school rugby<\/a>. The Huffington Post UK. 14 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Removing contact from school rugby will not turn children into couch potatoes<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016;bjsports-2016-096220. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Time to tackle brain injury in rugby at all levels<\/a>. The Irish Times. 06 Oct 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Rugby is dangerous \u2013 and we\u2019re not doing enough to protect children who play it<\/a>. The Conversation. 01 Oct 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock, AM.\u00a0World Rugby isn\u2019t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries<\/a>. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.<\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Rugby injury surveillance and prevention programmes: are they effective?<\/a> BMJ. 2015;350:h1587. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years.<\/a> British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:511\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:506\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. A dangerous game<\/a>. Scottish Review. 2015.<\/p>\n

Parekh N, Hodges S, Pollock AM, et al. Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:611\u20133. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicol A, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Robson J. Rugby union injuries in Scottish schools<\/a>. J Pub Health (Oxf) 2010;33(2):256\u201361. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. We have to tackle child injury on the sports field. Herald. 2008.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools\u2019 rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573\u2013606.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools\u2019 rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573\u2013606.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Children account for almost half of all visits to A&E for sports injuries<\/a>. The Conversation. 02 Nov 2018.<\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Results on sports-related injuries in children from NHS emergency care dataset Oxfordshire pilot: an ecological study<\/a>. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2018. download<\/a><\/p>\n

White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. \u2018Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby\u2019: some concerns<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugb<\/a>y. BMJ oipinion. 26 Sep 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51:1108\u201313. download<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Sport Duty of Care Review: submission. London; May 2016. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Remove the tackle from school rugby and put in place injury surveillance<\/a>. Better Health For All. 08 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Take out the tackle from school rugby<\/a>. The Huffington Post UK. 14 Mar 2016.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Removing contact from school rugby will not turn children into couch potatoes<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016;bjsports-2016-096220. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. Rugby is dangerous \u2013 and we\u2019re not doing enough to protect children who play it<\/a>. The Conversation. 01 Oct 2015.<\/p>\n

Pollock, AM.\u00a0World Rugby isn\u2019t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries<\/a>. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.<\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years.<\/a> British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:511\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:506\u201310. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Smith D, Kirkwood G, Pott J, Kourita L, Jessop V, Pollock AM. Childhood injury in Tower Hamlets: Audit of children presenting with injury to an inner city A and E department in London<\/a>. Injury, Int J Care Injured. 2015;45:1131-1136. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Parekh N, Hodges S, Pollock AM, et al. Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:611\u20133. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Pollock AM. Preventing injury in children and adolescents<\/a>. Trauma 2010;12:221\u201338. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicol A, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Robson J. Rugby union injuries in Scottish schools<\/a>. J Pub Health (Oxf) 2010;33(2):256\u201361. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Preventing <\/a>injury<\/a> in childhood<\/a>. BMJ 2008;336:1388\u20139. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM. We have to tackle child injury on the sports field. Herald. 2008.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Briefing for the Chief Medical Officer on child and adolescent injury surveillance in Scotland and sport. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. \u2018Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby\u2019: some concerns<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.<\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Gorely T, Wheaton B, Wagg S, Grey M, Morrissey D, et al. Written submission to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry into the impact of physical activity and diet on health. 2014. download<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Howarth NE, Lancaster J, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Gulf Region: unintentional injuries. RoSPA 2022. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Lancaster J, Kirkwood G, Howarth NE, Pollock AM. Statistical insights for RoSPA. RoSPA 2022. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock N, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Identifying accidental harms. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Newcastle University 2019.\u00a0download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Unintentional injury in England: an analysis of the emergency care data set pilot in Oxfordshire from 2012 to 2014<\/a>. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2016;jech-2016-207581. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Injury surveillance in Europe and the UK<\/a>. BMJ. 2014;349:g5337. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Rugby injury surveillance and prevention programmes: are they effective?<\/a> BMJ. 2015;350:h1587. download<\/a><\/p>\n

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Briefing for the Chief Medical Officer on child and adolescent injury surveillance in Scotland and sport. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wragg S. Sport injury: tackling life in a competitive society<\/a>. Leeds Beckett University 18 Oct 2017<\/p>\n

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Response by Martin Raftery<\/a>, CEO of World Rugby, to World Rugby's erroneous and misleading representation of Australian sports\u2019 injury statistics<\/p>\n

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Press release - ban tackling in school rugby<\/a><\/p>\n

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Note on data on children's rugby injuries<\/a><\/p>\n

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Open letter\u00a0on preventing injury <\/a>in<\/a> sc<\/a>hool<\/a>\u00a0rugby<\/a> 01\u00a0March 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - <\/a>Action on accidents to relieve pressure on A&E <\/a><\/p>\n

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Injury research influences UK sports strategy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Science Mixtape. The horror of rugby<\/a> 31 Oct 2015<\/p>\n

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Stokes K. Concussion in professional rugby: short and medium term clinical outcomes and subsequent injury risk<\/a>. Conference of the Rugby World Science Network 15-16 Sep 2015.<\/p>\n

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The Scotsman. Concerns over lack of school rugby injury research<\/a>. 23 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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BBC. School rugby plan 'too dangerous'<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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Boots WebMD. Injury concerns over more school rugby<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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BT.com. Kids rugby drive sparks injury fear<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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Burton Mail. Is rugby too dangerous for schools?<\/a> 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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Mail Online. Children 'should be BANNED from playing rugby at school': Researchers say one in EIGHT will suffer serious injury on the field<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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The Times. School rugby promotion \u2018will lead to more injuries\u2019<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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Western Morning News. Kids rugby drive prompts academics to warn of injury fears<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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Newstalk ZB. UK academic praises NZ's focus on injury prevention<\/a>. 22 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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The Telegraph. School rugby harms children and should not be promoted, says prof<\/a>. 21 Apr 2015<\/p>\n

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BMJ Editor's Choice. NHS is not (yet) in crisis, but what about school rugby?<\/a> 09 Jan 2015<\/p>\n

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The Scotsman: Expert warns of child injuries playing rugby<\/a> 21 Dec 2014<\/p>\n

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The Spectator: What schools don't want you to know about rugby<\/a>. 22 Nov 2014<\/p>\n

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Radio New Zealand. Is rugby getting too dangerous for children?<\/a> 20 Oct 14<\/p>\n

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STV. News. Book ignites fresh debate over the safety of sport in schools<\/a> 30 Sep 14<\/p>\n

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Reviewers' comments on Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby<\/a>. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51(15):1113-7.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review one - Reviewers one, two, and three plus response<\/a> 28 Oct 2016<\/p>\n

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Review three - Reviewer two plus response<\/a> 08 Mar 2017<\/p>\n

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Comment from Dr Alan Carson on Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby<\/a>. BMJ Opinion 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr Alan Carson. Comments: Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby<\/a><\/p>\n

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Response to Alan Carson by Pollock and Kirkwood<\/a><\/p>\n

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