French Rugby Coach Warns About Rising Injuries
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Many rugby players in France are getting hurt. This is happening at the club Toulouse. It is also happening in the French national team, called the Bleus.
Ugo Mola is the coach of Toulouse. He is worried about all the injuries. He said the many new rules in rugby are hurting the game. He said, "These rules are killing our system."
Rugby rules have changed many times. People say the rules are not clear. This makes the game hard to understand.
French rugby now has a new competition called Top 12. People are talking about how much players play and rest. They are also talking about the salary cap. This is the most money a team can pay its players.
People want to know what French rugby can do. They want fewer players to get hurt. This is a big problem for teams and for the national team.
Vocabulary15 words
- injuries
- hurt parts of the body
- rules
- things you must follow in a game
- competition
- a sports event where teams play against each other
- salary cap
- the most money a team can pay players
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- worried
- feeling bad because something may go wrong
- national team
- a team that plays for a whole country
- system
- a way that something works
- clear
- easy to understand
- club
- a sports team from one place
- hurt
- having pain in the body
- game
- a sport, like rugby
- problem
- a bad thing that needs a solution
- change
- to become different
- money
- what people use to pay for things
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1. Ugo Mola 2. The new rules 3. True
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Many rugby players in France are getting hurt. This is happening at the club _____. It is also happening in the French national team, called the _____.
Ugo Mola is the _____ of Toulouse. He is worried about all the _____. He said the many new _____ in rugby are hurting the game.
Rugby rules have _____ many times. People say the rules are not _____.
French rugby now has a new _____ called Top 12. People are talking about the _____.
People want to know what French rugby can do. They want fewer players to get _____.
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