Leo Cullen and Bernard Jackman back any efforts to make rugby safer, but a former World Rugby medical chief believes the sport has become a "violent game" that will soon require players to sign disclaimers.
Rugby is a safer game now than it ever has been, but more can be done to ensure player welfare is front an centre.
That is the viewpoint of both Leinster head coach Cullen and former Dragons boss Jackman, which is not shared by Dr Barry O'Driscoll.
The death of Stade Francais teenager Nicolas Chauvin has reopened the issue of safety in rugby, with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) are proposing changes to rules of rugby tackling.
Such measures include lowering the legal height of a tackle to waist level, the elimination of the two-man tackle and also the 'head-to-head' tackle.
Chauvin, a 19-year-old flanker in the Stade academy, broke his neck during an Under-21 game. He suffered a cardiac arrest and brain damage, dying of his injuries three days later.
Leinster head coach Cullen believes the authorities are addressing the issue on an ongoing basis, but agrees everything must be done by all stakeholders to ensure player safety.
"It’s a contact game," he told RTÉ Sport. "We’re [coaches] trying to look at ways at making it as safe as possible all the time.
"It’s a challenge for us as coaches, it’s a challenge for everyone in the game. We want to make sure that we do everything we possibly can to ensure that it is as safe as it can possibly be.
"I do get the sense that World Rugby are looking at this all the time. I have two young children myself. I have had amazing experiences in the game, but we have to be very conscious of making the game as safe as we possibly can."
Is enough being done?
"I think lots of efforts are being made," he said.
However Barry O'Driscoll told Justin Treacy of RTÉ News that he believes rugby will soon require players and their parents to sign waivers for legal reasons.
"I think rugby is in trouble over the long term because it is such a violent game," said the former World Rugby medical chief.
"The decision has to be that the players and the parents decide. I think it will get to the stage, like when you go into hospital for an operation, you have to sign a form saying anyone of these things can happen to you, do you still want to have it?
"I think we are getting to that stage with rugby."
Former Ireland and Leinster hooker Bernard Jackman cautions that while the game has improved in terms of safety, the FFR involvement will bring further potential changes under the microscope.
"It’s a huge statement to make," he said.
"Anything that is going to make the game safer is worth looking at. As coaches, we will always adapt. Players will always adapt. It’s coming on the back of a fatality which is a horrendous.
"The game is still safe"
"The FFR is a powerful member of World Rugby, so bringing this forward will force them to really look at the laws and the safety of the game."
He disagrees with L'Equipe claim this week that the sport 'kills'.
"The game is still safe. For example, the scrum changes, in terms of taking the hit out of it, have made the game safer."
