Education the key to getting league players to give dangerous tackles the spear

By Nick McGrath
Updated April 3 2014 - 7:53am, first published April 2 2014 - 5:12pm
TRAGEDY: Avoiding injuries like the one sustained by Newcastle's Alex McKinnon are a matter of player education, according to Group 1- president Linore Zamparini. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
TRAGEDY: Avoiding injuries like the one sustained by Newcastle's Alex McKinnon are a matter of player education, according to Group 1- president Linore Zamparini. Photo: GETTY IMAGES

GROUP 10 president Linore Zamparini believes education, not a full-blown ban of the lifting tackle, is the key to ensuring rugby league players in the central west aren’t tragically subjected to the same fate as Newcastle Knights backrower Alex McKinnon.

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