RUGBY IN FRANCE
ROUGH PLAY RAMPANT^ .PLAYER DIES FROM INJURIES. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) PARIS, May 5. “ Promise me it will be your last game,” Madame Pradie asked her 20-year-old son before,he played in a Rugby game at Bordeaux. “ They will kill you yet.” •. The same night Pradie died in his mother’s arms from spinal injuries received in the game. During the game another player tried to strangle his opponent, and refused to obey the referee, whom he kicked heavily in the thigh. Thirteen players were seriously hurt, and were-unable to leave the hold unaided. Jean Galie, hearing of Pradie’s death, said: “ I shall never play Rugby again.” , The general feeling is that' unless prompt and effective steps are taken Rugby in France is doomed. Ribere, the French Rugby captain said: “ Many of the injuries are not due to accidents. Rugby is too brutal,”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 11
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