{"id":221098,"date":"2019-10-18T13:43:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221098\/watch-common-injuries-caused-rugby\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T11:43:03","slug":"watch-common-injuries-caused-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/10\/18\/watch-common-injuries-caused-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Common injuries caused by rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby is a contact-based sport that can be physically strenuous.<\/p>\n<p>The most dangerous aspect of rugby is tackling, which subjects players to harsh impact. Tackles are responsible for at least half of all professional rugby injuries.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Concussions, as well as dislocations, are common rugby injuries. To mitigate the risk of injury on the field, rugby players have to prepare through rigorous physical exercise. This builds up the necessary muscle groups needed to play the high impact sport.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='1bb4977685353fdef8b8c8a775e4f62d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby is a contact based sport which can result in serious injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8264,"featured_media":221099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8428,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby-world-cup","category-sports-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}