12 year old girl killed while playing rugby at school
This has upset me a lot. I remember when my Lynz was 10 or 11 she told me that she'd been told that all the girls in her class had been informed that they had to play rugby as part of the PE curriculum. She was worried; I was livid. She was, and is, a tiny wee thing.
I sent a letter along with her, withdrawing her from the class, and she reported back that the school was insistent. The deputy head then enjoyed a burst of Furious Suggs down the phone, and she was exempted.
i don't know whether or not the girl in today's tragedy was playing because she wanted to, or if it was mandatory. If the former, then my heart goes out to her family, but if it's the latter, oh my God, oh my God, Oh My God.
Rant over, anger not.
Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on March 13th 2012 at 19:12:35
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- 12 year old girl killed while playing rugby at school (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Mar 13, 19:12:35
- i was like that. When my kids were at school they were told they HAD to do (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 13, 20:31:17
- Surely it would have only been touch rugby that proper rugby? (n/m) (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 13, 20:07:10
- I don't ge this (General Chat) - wgf500, Mar 13, 19:46:37
- To be fair we had plenty of broken noses and arms at school from Cricket and true.... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 20:00:49
- As in there wasn't more injuries (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 20:06:26
- Hockey was the one that scared me (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 20:24:25
- I remember playing cricket (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Mar 13, 20:29:50
- We didn't have any but I did go on to play for Whitchingham youth level, I must have... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 20:48:25
- I remember playing cricket (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Mar 13, 20:29:50
- Hockey was the one that scared me (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 20:24:25
- As in there wasn't more injuries (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 20:06:26
- To be fair we had plenty of broken noses and arms at school from Cricket and true.... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 20:00:49
- Rugby is a fat-headed game (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 19:35:44
- tried to catch the ball (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 19:39:15
- Some underlying condition then? (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 19:40:10
- yep seems that way (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 19:44:11
- Some underlying condition then? (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 13, 19:40:10
- tried to catch the ball (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 13, 19:39:15
- :O( (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 13, 19:19:29
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