Rugby Brain Injuries
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Video probably won't work outside the UK. Ex-England scrum half and BBC commentator Nigel Starmer-Smith is in a bad way with dementia:.
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Another player with early onset dementia
Former Wales rugby captain Ryan Jones diagnosed with dementia at 41
Jones has opened up on his condition in an emotional newspaper interview
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@antipodean I don't really get what's so stand out about the quote - what am I missing? I was hoping not to have to get tested too.
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@KiwiMurph said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@Bones Andy Powell is basically threatening Gareth Anscombe's wife. Not cool.
Oh sure, but why did she put that quote up? What's significant about it? Has he got 3 kids or something?
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@Bones Comes from a reply to Andy Powell's dipshit original post in response to Ryan Jones:
tl:dr Powell is an angry little fucktard who threatens women for pointing out he's a fucktard.
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@antipodean said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@Bones Comes from a reply to Andy Powell's dipshit original post in response to Ryan Jones:
tl:dr Powell is an angry little fucktard who threatens women for pointing out he's a fucktard.
I remember Powell coming across as a brainless fuckwit on the pitch, glad to see he appears to be the same off it as well
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Andy Powell is being a 5 star dick. This was his initial response to Ryan Jones' news:
Unsurprisingly, loads of people have told him that he's out of order, and his response is always let's meet up face to face and see if you've got the chops then.
He's since given a bullshit sorry-not-sorry "anyone who knows me" apology.
Awful news about Ryan Jones though. He's widely regarded as one of the nicest blokes in rugby. Only 41, 6 kids, desperately sad.
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@MN5 said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
I remember Powell coming across as a brainless fuckwit on the pitch, glad to see he appears to be the same off it as well
Exhibit B: the time he got smashed after a Wales match, stole a golf buggy from the team hotel at 5.30am and drove it onto the motorway in search of a kebab
On This Day: Wales' Andy Powell drives golf buggy down M4
Andy Powell was thrown out of Wales’ Six Nations squad on this day in 2010 after driving a golf buggy on the M4 motorway.
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Study finds brain disease risk more than double among former rugby internationals
Researchers call for action to reduce the risks of head impact and traumatic brain injury in all sports, as a new study finds former men's rugby internationals have more than double the risk of neurodegenerative disease, with players' risk of motor neurone disease 15 times that of the general...
Say goodbye to the game we all loved. As more of this comes out no way it continues. And it will not only be confined to rugby.
A lot of under-privileged people will have to find another way to provide for their families.
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Just watched the Steve Thompson documentary.
It’s incredibly powerful and heart breaking.
I made a pretty shitty call on Hayman on here a few months back. Absolutely terrible call by me.
You should only watch it if you never want to look at rugby the same way again.
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For those in UK or with a decent VPN.
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Tough watch from Thompson’s perspective
Hope he loses his mind quicker
That might alleviate the suicidal thoughts
He’s part of a cohort of players at the onset of professionalism who are the exception not the norm
Those before them there’s a small incidence
And hopefully from here on in things will change
Sadly we’re going to see a wave of 40 year olds displaying same symptoms for the next 10-15 years
Very easy changes can make the game safer
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Less contact in training
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3-week stand down for HIA (like it used to be)
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Continue down the road of any knock to the head whether accidental or on-purpose is red card and automatic 3-week ban
If the recipient of a head knock has to miss 3-weeks then so too should the perpetrator
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Head guards and gumshields
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Proper tackling technique learned from the outset
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Lead with the head off your feet at the breakdown and it’s red
That’ll do for starters
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@MiketheSnow I agree with points one and two. I definitely don't agree with point three - a rule like that would make the game a mockery. Also point four; headgear doesn't reduce impact force. They aren't helmets.
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@antipodean said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@MiketheSnow I agree with points one and two. I definitely don't agree with point three - a rule like that would make the game a mockery. Also point four; headgear doesn't reduce impact force. They aren't helmets.
Something drastic has to be done at the tackle
Look what football has done
The filthy Keane 'tackle' highlighted in another thread is a thing of the past
Thankfully
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@MiketheSnow said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@antipodean said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@MiketheSnow I agree with points one and two. I definitely don't agree with point three - a rule like that would make the game a mockery. Also point four; headgear doesn't reduce impact force. They aren't helmets.
Something drastic has to be done at the tackle
Look what football has done
The filthy Keane 'tackle' highlighted in another thread is a thing of the past
Thankfully
I agree with the sentiment, but feel eliminating head knocks is a matter of exponentially greater difficulty in a collision sport.
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@antipodean said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@antipodean said in Rugby Brain Injuries:
@MiketheSnow I agree with points one and two. I definitely don't agree with point three - a rule like that would make the game a mockery. Also point four; headgear doesn't reduce impact force. They aren't helmets.
Something drastic has to be done at the tackle
Look what football has done
The filthy Keane 'tackle' highlighted in another thread is a thing of the past
Thankfully
I agree with the sentiment, but feel eliminating head knocks is a matter of exponentially greater difficulty in a collision sport.
Reduction not elimination
