The rugby competitions organized by the National Union of School Sport were stopped on the eve of the Christmas holidays following a very serious accident during a match in the Hautes-Pyrénées, we learned on Wednesday from the UNSS.
Rugby practice has been suspended since December 16, an UNSS spokesperson told AFP. A meeting was held this Wednesday with experts from the FFR (French Rugby Federation), during a “mixed commission” to consider the follow-up and the conditions for a recovery, we also learned. source. The conclusions of this meeting will be given very soon.
The accident which occurred on December 14 during a tackle left a 17-year-old high school student, also a player for the Bagnères-de-Bigorre club, quadriplegic, according to the Republic of the Pyrenees. In a letter, the National Union of Physical Education, affiliated to the FSU, questioned the UNSS on this suspension. “Suspending until further notice, the practice of rugby in all its forms within sports associations as in UNSS meetings is incomprehensible,” writes the union. “You are thus casting doubt on the professional skills of PE teachers and undermining the trust placed in them by the heads of establishments” they continue.
Asked whether the practice of rugby, which has been shaken at the professional level for several years by an increase in concussions, is also monitored on this point in the school environment, Mr. Hubert assured that “the safeguards are strict” in this discipline.
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