Apparently the Accident Compensation Corporation cost of rugby injuries was $67 million for 2013.

The skills and precision of the game of soccer as presented in the recent world cup, make our rugby look like a brawl in the park.

Sure there are some clashes, tumbles and falls and some grand ‘Hollywoods' in soccer, and it is true players do get hurt.

But perhaps it is time we actually got a true idea of the injury costs in both games.

So we can at least see how violent and damaging our cherished scrums, rucks and mauls really are in comparable terms.

R McGuinness, Tauranga City.