Irish Independent: A school principal has called for new protocols to deal with multiple injuries in rugby games after three of his pupils were taken to hospital due to knocks to the head during a match last Wednesday.

The trio, aged 15 and 16 and from St Munchin's College, Limerick, went to hospital in Cork after being injured in the opening nine minutes of a Munster Schools clash. Principal David Quilter said rugby's concussion issue is not helped by players getting bigger and fitter but stressed that three head injuries within nine minutes of play was a freak occurrence. Read article