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Harlequins player Tom Lawday has told City News that the Head Injury Assessment process in rugby union has “got better”.
His Premiership team are using gum shields with built-in accelerometer chips which give a live recording of impact.
Harlequins were one of the first teams to use the technology, called Protecht. All Premiership teams have since adopted the technology.
Players are also now educated on concussion, with a compulsory head injury module part of their pre-season training.
According to Lawday, the head injury monitoring and prevention process has improved massively in recent years.
But for some players, these actions come too late.
The group has also launched an action on behalf of ex-rugby union players against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)
Players treated like “a piece of meat”
On Tuesday, former GB half-back Bobbie Goulding revealed he has been diagnosed with early onset dementia.
Goulding is one of ten international players launching legal action against the RFL.
He’s the fourth player in the group to get a CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) diagnosis. CTE is a progressive brain condition thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
The lawyers for the players say they are aware of some players in their 20s showing symptoms associated with neurological issues.
The players allege that the RFL “owed them a duty to take reasonable care for their safety.”
They go on to say that the RFL should establish and implement “rules in respect of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of actual or suspected concussive and sub-concussive injuries”.
Jason Roach, former Scotland international and one of the diagnosed players, told PA news agency “I now start doing things and when I come to an outcome, I don’t know how I got there”.
Michael Edwards, another member of the group, said he felt treated “like a piece of meat” by the governing body of the sport.
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StandfirstIt comes after former Rugby League players launched legal action against the RFL for failing to protect them from the risks of brain damage.
Harlequins player Tom Lawday has told City News that the Head Injury Assessment process in rugby union has “got better”.
His Premiership team are using gum shields with built-in accelerometer chips which give a live recording of impact.
Harlequins were one of the first teams to use the technology, called Protecht. All Premiership teams have since adopted the technology.
Players are also now educated on concussion, with a compulsory head injury module part of their pre-season training.
According to Lawday, the head injury monitoring and prevention process has improved massively in recent years.
But for some players, these actions come too late.
The group has also launched an action on behalf of ex-rugby union players against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)
Players treated like “a piece of meat”
On Tuesday, former GB half-back Bobbie Goulding revealed he has been diagnosed with early onset dementia.
Goulding is one of ten international players launching legal action against the RFL.
He’s the fourth player in the group to get a CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) diagnosis. CTE is a progressive brain condition thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
The lawyers for the players say they are aware of some players in their 20s showing symptoms associated with neurological issues.
The players allege that the RFL “owed them a duty to take reasonable care for their safety.”
They go on to say that the RFL should establish and implement “rules in respect of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of actual or suspected concussive and sub-concussive injuries”.
Jason Roach, former Scotland international and one of the diagnosed players, told PA news agency “I now start doing things and when I come to an outcome, I don’t know how I got there”.
Michael Edwards, another member of the group, said he felt treated “like a piece of meat” by the governing body of the sport.
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