Interesting article about concussion in rugby

[nelly sham]

you would think by now the players would know enough and be brave enough to pull themselves from squads after concussions

Nah sure your man Underhill was basically getting a concussion every couple of games last season and he came out and said he won't stand himself down and doesn't care about the repercussions.


They need to be dragged out of their own way

 

[TheRebelRoar]

His fifth concussion in 2 years. Terrible decision, it's not like they don't have cover

Knew a very good schools player who jacked it in after similar.

Why take those kind of risks with your health.

 

[Bwana_Dik]

you would think by now the players would know enough and be brave enough to pull themselves from squads after concussions

I don't think it works like that, the compulsion to compete trumps logic.

 

[How bad boy]

Phil Vickery: ‘I’m not angry, I’m not bitter … but I will need help’

The former England captain on CTE, legal action and 2003 World Cup winners reunion for ‘Unbreakable’ documentary

www.theguardian.com

2 out of 3 of that world cup winning teams front row are brain damaged.

 

[cactus jack]

Sixty-two caps, zero memories, says amnesia-hit Chabal

The former lock said he could not remember any of his professional career, including the 62 times he represented his country.

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[How bad boy]

Sixty-two caps, zero memories, says amnesia-hit Chabal

The former lock said he could not remember any of his professional career, including the 62 times he represented his country.

www.irishexaminer.com

Fuck.

Scary stuff

 

[Redneck]

Stumbled on this forum. Very interesting stuff. Would not know much about rugby but can anyone tell me my suggestion that scrum caps should be mandatory for all players. Would that be hard to enforce and frowned upon? Surely it would reduce concussion rates drastically.

 

[How bad boy]

Stumbled on this forum. Very interesting stuff. Would not know much about rugby but can anyone tell me my suggestion that scrum caps should be mandatory for all players. Would that be hard to enforce and frowned upon? Surely it would reduce concussion rates drastically.

Scrum caps have generally been shown to be ineffective at protection against concussion. There might be some effect, but if so, it varies between studies (e.g. this one says they're good at reducing the sort of impacts that cause concussion, this one said there's no reduction in concussive risk*), it's marginal at best.


Personally wore one from my late teens till I retired, but that was to protect against cauliflower ears, which started to become an issue when I was younger. Was definitely effective for that. I'd take a marginal improvement too, but it's probably not worth making them compulsory.



*to get pedantic, it's thought that concussions can occur with relatively light head impacts, so reducing the impact by half fundamentally doesn't change it by enough to make a difference.

 

[El Guapo]

Good Read

‘I love this man for saving my life’: Michael Watson’s unbreakable bond with Peter Hamlyn

The neurosurgeon saved the boxer’s life in 1991 and since then the pair have become close friends. They talk to Donald McRae

www.theguardian.com