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Progressive Rugby on X: "“There is an inevitability that serious injuries will continue to rise. The human body is not meant to take that amount of force." Prof John Fairclough in 2013
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Rugby player Matt Banahan slices wrist open while using a dishwasher in latest freak injury to hit a sports star - Mirror Online
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Rugby World Cup match halted as Namibia star suffers HORROR injury vs New Zealand with ankle left facing wrong way | The Irish Sun
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Progressive Rugby issue package of urgent elite player welfare requirements to address brain injury crisis — Progressive Rugby - A Non-Profit Rugby Union Lobby Group
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