I play as a prop and a hooker in some games when our hooker is injured and will be the main hooker once we get a good loosehead because we still do not have a good one on the team.. But how do I stay safe in scrums? I have friends who got seriously injured in scrums. They were all hookers. I also read about hookers DYING in scrums!! I love the game and it would sadden me to stop and I do not want to..but my family does not want me to play anymore.. How do I even present to them the idea of being the next hooker? I really need to know how to stay safe in scrums and how to keep my neck secure!I play as a prop and a hooker in some games when our hooker is injured and will be the main hooker once we get a good loosehead because we still do not have a good one on the team.. But how do I stay safe in scrums? I have friends who got seriously injured in scrums. They were all hookers. I also read about hookers DYING in scrums!! I love the game and it would sadden me to stop and I do not want to..but my family does not want me to play anymore.. How do I even present to them the idea of being the next hooker? I really need to know how to stay safe in scrums and how to keep my neck secure!

I play hooker on occasions its just very important to strengthen your neck. Try putting ur hand against the various different sides of ur heads and push ur head against ur hand as hard as u can, u can try googling some other neck excercises (do these before every game). I highly doubt u will die in a scrum, but if u want a little more confidence since ur playing out of position try wearing pads or a scrum cap. Really the most important thing is do remain tight to your probs the tighter you are the less likely the opposition are going to force you apart from the props, which is always a good thing. Hope this helps :P