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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2512428, member: 1764"] Hospitalisation rates per 100,000 participants: Rugby League: 677.9 Cycling: 97 So rugby league players are about 7 times more likely to end up in hospital from playing than a cyclist. [URL="http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/pubs/reports/2006/injcat79.php"]Hospitalised sports injury, Australia 2002-03[/URL] Importantly, wearing a helmet does not remove the risk of serious injury, or even greatly reduce it, since the vast majority of cycling injuries are related to being hit by motor vehicles. Whereas reducing the risk of head injuries by taking out a potentially very uncontrolled and dangerous tackling technique CAN reduce significantly the risk of serious injury. A study showed the injury rate from shoulder charges is 70 times higher than from "normal" tackles! Again, it's a silly comparison and highlights the ignorance of yourself and Nashy to the relative risk (or lack thereof) of cycling vs the higher added risk of shoulder charges in rugby league. [/QUOTE]

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