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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2512776, member: 2221"] Thank you for clarifying your helmet stance. I agree with your opinion. :winky: Utilising the same risk assessment as you mentioned earlier, up-endings are much more dangerous than shoulder charges though. The first can result in anything between paraplegia or death, to a concussion. Concussion and face fractures are pretty much the worst you can expect from a shoulder charge, and the risk is smaller than getting your head in a bad position during a normal tackle. When mentioning 7% injury risk from a shoulder charge when compared to normal tackles, you should also take into account the frequency of said type of tackles, and I am pretty sure that the risk of injury by shoulder charges is lower than from normal tackles, as you would be tackled 10 to 20 times on average per game, and it's highly unlikely that there would be more than 1 shoulder charge amongst those tackles. The Rugby Union to Rugby League comparison supports the above, as I said before, there is little difference between both codes when it comes to head injury percentages, and one code has banned shoulder charges for a long time. [/QUOTE]

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