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20 August 2004
Collecting player injury information has helped the
RFU's governance Committee to make recommendations on safer practice to
Council and the IRB, resulting in a number of changes in Law and rugby
practice.
The system for reporting injuries is now being changed
with the aim of reducing time consuming administration and to provide more
up to date injury statistics so that the RFU and everyone involved in the
game can make it as safe as possible.
Rugby clubs and schools need
to be aware that this new system of injury reporting is in place from this
season. The old serious and very serious injury definitions
are replaced by the single definition of reportable injuries.
RFU
Sports Injuries Administrator, Dave Phillips, says, "The old definitions
of injuries, reported in returns twice a year, have been replaced by the
single term reportable injuries, which should be sent immediately after an
injury."
These can be sent via email to sportsinjuriesadmin@therfu.com;
by using the pro forma on the Community Rugby Downloads of rfu.com, by
telephone to Dave Phillips on 01942 670122 or by fax on 01942
512683
Reportable injuries are:
- Any head or neck injury that requires a player to be transported
directly from the ground to an accident & emergency department
- An injury that results in admission to a hospital as an inpatient
after the game/training has finished and is game/training related
- Any injury that prevents a player from playing or training for a
period of eight weeks or longer
- Deaths which occur during a game or within six hours of the game
finishing.
A full guide to injuries and insurance can
be found in both the Schools & Youth and the RFU Handbooks and on-line
at www.rfu.com.
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