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Joel Garrett, Lecturer in Exercise Science and Physiology, Griffith University

Why it’s time to delay tackling in junior sports until the age of 12

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Many children across Australia have begun to play their favourite contact sports like rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football.

Many will be just starting out during their early years of primary school.

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