After the World Rugby announced new guidelines, the former Scottish captain had an urgent question

Former Scotland captain John Barclay said the World Rugby Union's new training contact guidelines are "a bit of common sense", but wondered why it wasn't implemented sooner. Rugby Fans can buy Rugby World Cup 2023 Tickets from our website.

The World Rugby Union announced their "recommended occupational contact training restrictions" this week, hoping to be enforced at the 2023 Rugby World Cup after this pilot phase.

Former Scotland captain John Barclay said the World Rugby new training contact guidelines

Suggestions include:

1. Full contact training: up to 15 minutes per week, up to two days per week, including zero full contact training on Monday and Friday for recovery and preparation.

2. Controlled contact training: Up to 40 minutes per week.

3. On-site positioning training: It is recommended that you perform positioning ball training for a maximum of 30 minutes per week.

However, Barclays, who retired last year at age 33, wondered on Twitter why they had to wait until the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Some people say this is just to see if the test is effective before enforcing it, but it is clear that this is a topic of great interest to Scot, who has suffered multiple head injuries during his career.

Former Irish coach Joe Schmidt Rugby and High-Performance Rugby World Director added: "Training is playing an increasingly important role in preventing injury and improving performance. Although full exposure training is much less than many people think, we hope to have a set of central guidelines that will further inform players and coaches about the most important considerations for each contact during training.

Barclays, who retired last year at age 33 in Scotland rugby

“Further explored to understand their positive impact on player wellbeing new guidelines should be a work in progress, developed by leading experts and supported by the game and will be monitored. We are encouraged by the response to date that has been received.

“But the guidelines can be applied at multiple levels recognize that community-level rugby is almost a very different sport in terms of athletes' physical fitness, training methods, and resources, especially the planning, purpose, and purpose of each contact In training."

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