{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/f3fb5c75-b943-4f5d-bd87-27c91611dd24/615c421291ff8c0012e187e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S3 E21:   An All Black Legend on Why Rugby Needs New Contact Guidelines","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6100856531fd81f125b34dac/1633435266228-951dabdc6a410f64fb0d0a74fa26cf9c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>All Black legend Conrad Smith, from the International Rugby Players body, talks to Prof. Ross Tucker on World Rugby's newly-released guidelines for contact in rugby training, how it will hopefully impact player welfare and why the new guidelines are not as radical as they, at first, seem.</p><p><br></p><p>The <a href=\"https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player-welfare/medical/contact-load\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">contact load guidelines we discuss can be found at this link</a>: https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player-welfare/medical/contact-load</p><p><br></p><p>And the full guideline document (which we encourage you to read) <a href=\"https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2021/09/22/d2bd955b-1a87-438d-805b-398e3e099752/210806-Contact-Load-guidelines-final-for-website-.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available here</a>: https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2021/09/22/d2bd955b-1a87-438d-805b-398e3e099752/210806-Contact-Load-guidelines-final-for-website-.pdf</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Professor Ross Tucker and Mike Finch"}