FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - New Zealand All Blacks v British and Irish Lions - Lions Tour - Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand - July 1, 2017 Lions' Sam Warburton gestures at the end of the match. REUTERS/David Gray
(Reuters) - Former Wales captain Sam Warburton has warned that a professional player could die on the pitch unless rugby union takes preemptive measures to improve safety.
Warburton's autobiography Open Side is being serialised in The Times and he has written of his concerns about rugby's fatality rate in recent years.
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