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| | Protective equipment not very effective for rugby players, study |
 | | Rugby union, a full-body-contact team sport played in the United States but more popular in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, France, Italy, Ireland and Argentina, has much in common with US football. |
 | | Hard-shell helmets and most body padding like U.S. football players wear are not permitted in rugby union, said Marshall, also a biostatistician at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center. |
 | | The study involved analyzing data gathered from 304 rugby players in Dunedin, New Zealand, each week during the 1993 season. |
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