"Hidden impact" RTE, Concussion and Head injury.

tanko

Interesting documentary on RTE, Rugby is becoming a very dangerous game.
Yer man from the IRFU appears to be in denial about concussion and brain injuries in rugby.

Edit, I see this programme is a repeat from last year.

Steve

Yet the whole country stands up and applauds when an Irish guy wins in a sport where the sole objective is to batter 7 shades of s**t out of his opponent and encourages concussion inducing moves.

Rugby is a full contact sport, and has laws to protect players from serious injury.. what do they want? cushions and flower petals??

Tim Robbins

There is no doubt in my opinion the game has an element of danger in it and has possibly got more dangerous regarding the head and less dangerous regarding the neck.

However, the media analysis is pretty poor and tends to not get to the nub of the issue for the various levels of the sport. For example the most dangerous things in youths rugby are things like:
1. Bad tackle technique
2. Players going into the Jackal position when they don't have the speed or skill to and would be better off rucking over the ball.
3. A bad coach or a bad ref

These are completely different to he most dangerous things in professional rugby
1. Players playing too many matches
2. Too many collisions in the way some teams play.

The dangers of:
1. Playing on when they had concussion
2. Chop tackles
3. Dangerous tackles in the air

have or are all being dealt with.

The existing problems for the different levels need different solutions and shouldn't be conflated as they require different approaches to solve.

ArmchairQB

Tim Robbins wrote: »

There is no doubt in my opinion the game has an element of danger in it and has possibly got more dangerous regarding the head and less dangerous regarding the neck.

However, the media analysis is pretty poor and tends to not get to the nub of the issue for the various levels of the sport. For example the most dangerous things in youths rugby are things like:
1. Bad tackle technique
2. Players going into the Jackal position when they don't have the speed or skill to and would be better off rucking over the ball.
3. A bad coach or a bad ref

These are completely different to he most dangerous things in professional rugby
1. Players playing too many matches
2. Too many collisions in the way some teams play.

The dangers of:
1. Playing on when they had concussion
2. Chop tackles
3. Dangerous tackles in the air

have or are all being dealt with.

The existing problems for the different levels need different solutions and shouldn't be conflated as they require different approaches to solve.

Totally agree very good response

jacothelad

An experimental collar reduces signs of brain damage in athletes who play contact sports, researchers report."This device clearly has potential to reduce the effects of concussions," said Amit Reches, PhD, from ElMindA, a brain imaging company in Herzliya, Israel.
The collar compresses the jugular vein, increasing the volume of blood in the cranium and reducing the brain slosh that occurs with sudden motion, explained Gregory Myer, PhD, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

CatFromHue

So in the 90's when we wore our collars up it wasn't just to look cool!!!