Rugby is rooted in treating the symptoms and not the cause in trying to drastically reduce the incidence of brain injuries sustained during matches. It is fast approaching a point where it will threaten future participation levels.
I stress the “brain injury” terminology so that the stark appraisal does not get lost in softer, more appeasing jargon in much the same way that paying for the “green agenda” is somehow used to distract from the climate disaster that is happening in front of our eyes, as you read, and I type.
Concussion is the cuddlier expression but there is nothing warm, just fuzzy, in terms of the after effects of brain trauma o …
- April 20, 2022
