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Scrum Cap for Child?

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  • 07-11-2016 6:39pm
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    ablelocks
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    if anyone has any advice on a scrum cap for an 11 year old I'd appreciate it. My young fella has got some fairly hard knocks to the head recently so i was thinking it might help protect him?


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    The Lost Sheep
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    Scrum caps don't provide any protection in terms of head knocks/injuries/concussion. Work on how your son tackles and his technique as that will be much more beneficial


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    Staplor
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    Haven't seen anything about scrumcaps protecting brain injury. They definitely protect the face from studs, when my young lad is of age he will have one.


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    The Lost Sheep
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    Staplor wrote: »
    Haven't seen anything about scrumcaps protecting brain injury. They definitely protect the face from studs, when my young lad is of age he will have one.
    They are beneficial in terms of stopping cuts to the head but the face can still get cut/bruised with a scrum cao


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    ablelocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭ablelocks


    thanks

    any thoughts on this new head guard, developed by an Irish company?

    N-Pro Headguard


    I've no connection, just read this article and it does look like an advance on the normal scrum caps


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