Cory Heather’s tragic rugby death throws spotlight on safety in sports - NZ Herald 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 nzherald.co.nz/sport/cory-hea…

Another rugby death: Concussion victim and legendary former All Black speak on dangers of rugby 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/welling…

Did you know that concussions can affect your ability to drive safely? 🚗🧠

📈 Take it Slow: If you've had a concussion, follow a gradual return-to-driving plan recommended by your healthcare provider to ease back into it safely.

#ConcussionAwareness #DrivingSafety #StaySafe

Alix Popham World Rugby Rugby Football Union Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Daily Mail Online Is never to early to start education and raising awareness of Brain injuries and the impact of them. Yet big sport seems woefully silent and distant from the reality that this awful disease causes debilitating pain so deeply rooted it can cause people to take there own lives 🧠🏉

Ex-Māori All Black Teihorangi Walden, 30, has retired due to concussion.

A centre, Walden represented Hurricanes, Highlanders, Otago,Taranaki & New York Ironworkers.

“Concussions have been a recurring theme throughout my career and definitely not something to take lightly.”

😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 World Rugby Rugby Football Union Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

An article entitled 'Danger in heading the ball' appeared in the Football League Review magazine of October 1966, where a club medic said the 'continual jarring of the brain tissue could and does affect players'.

Player retirement due to concussions. Sadly this may be the start of the journey we are now commonly seeing YET the game is suppose to have less force than riding a roller coaster. stuff.co.nz/sport/35026036…

Sadly more must lose and still no action or acknowledgement. Still interesting that impacts to head are reported to be only similar to jumping on a trampoline. Yet this happens. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350260…

David Loane Colin Doherty Trinity College Dublin I don't know. Your politician from dept of sport didn't inspire confidence

Instead of adopting hugely successful approach #IfInDoubtSitThemOut of Scotland, UK, Aus and NZ seemed to favour each sport setting its own guidance.

#concussion same injury no matter rules of sport

Corruption driving (and slowing) important research & hurting people with dementia.
Conflicts of interest discussed in private and deemed 'not a problem'
Reminds me of the #PACETrial where lead researchers were paid by insurance companies and trial partially funded by DWP #pwME

To bad its not going to prevent the brain from moving in the skull causing brain damage or #cte . Just another bandaid to make people think the #NFL cares about human life

Korey Cunningham, ex-Giants offensive lineman, dead at 28 nypost.com/2024/04/26/spo… via New York Post Sports Self Inflicted. New York Giants

Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. New Zealand Rugby Disgraceful behaviour from people in rugby more interested in $ than player welfare. Sam Peters book Concussed nails it. So far behind the USA it’s a joke. ARU and RFU as guilty. So sorry for the loss and trauma Billy and family went through,

New Zealand rugby player Billy Guyton died with stage 2 #CTE at 33.
Guyton's father says New Zealand Rugby, who still won't acknowledge repeated head impacts can cause #CTE , is 'Hiding in the corner like coward dogs.'

“In March…the BBC published a report showing that FA board minutes from 1983 recognised the concern about head & brain injuries & the causal link [with] playing football”
MP Damian Collins during parliamentary debate y’day on head injuries & football ⬇️
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-0…

Mo Fotuaika another who failed a HIA yesterday - appeared to show clear Category 1 signs of concussion (balance disturbance/motor incoordination).

Will likely miss next week as part of the 11 day stand down period within the NRL’s concussion protocol.

@'The Invisible Battle: Tackling Traumatic Brain Injuries in Professional Sports'linkedin.com/pulse/invisibl… on LinkedIn 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠

This is an accidental, but when the same accidents keep happening, you have to ask at what point it stops being one.

Changing kick-offs is a sticking plaster imho.

Changing tackling techniques, by lowering tackle height and punishing head-on-head, is the answer.

Thoughts with Mosese Suli who suffered a concussion just one tackle into his ANZAC Day game. Clear Category 1 signs.

The NRL introduced changes to the rulings around kickoff & drop outs this season - in part to encourage short kickoffs & hopefully reduce concussion risk.