He haʻuki pilikia ka pôpeku. Pono ka Rugby e like me ka lua o nā haʻuki make loa ma hope o ka hakakā inā manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻino nā haʻuki āpau. He aha ka hana a ka mahiole pôpeku? ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki ke hoʻoponopono maʻalahi ʻia kēia pilikia. ʻO ka uluna ea i loko o ka mahiole o ka mea pāʻani e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopaʻa a me kahi ʻano pale. I ka wā o nā pāʻani NFL wela, he mea nui nā pale waha e pale aku i ka hōʻeha ʻana i nā maka a me nā niho o nā mea pāʻani. ʻOi aku ka pinepine o ka ʻeha kūloko, nā ʻeha ʻili, nā ʻeha hui, nā ʻeha ʻiʻo, a me nā ʻeha ʻē aʻe i ka rugby, akā pili pono nā concussions i ka rugby a ʻaʻole hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mau maʻi rugby. ʻOiai me ka pale ʻana i ka mahiole, ʻaʻole hiki ke pale loa ʻia nā ʻeha koʻikoʻi.

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he ʻāpana hana haʻuki kipi, ʻo ia ka mahiole palekana loa ma ka mōʻaukala NFL. He nui nā mea pāʻani NFL e komo ana i kēia mahiole. Akā ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomālielie i ka hahau ʻana i ke poʻo o nā mea pāʻani NFL. Ua hoʻomaopopo nā kānaka ʻepekema, nā neurosurgeons a me nā ʻenekinia nāna i hoʻolālā i ka mahiole ʻaʻole ia e pale i nā haʻalulu. ʻAʻohe mahiole hiki ke hana i kēlā.