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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 707634" data-attributes="member: 50079"><p>+1</p><p>Winning a game of rugby is absolutely never worth turning a blind eye to a head injury. For all the talk of doping recently, it is without doubt the single biggest issue in the game at the moment. The fact is that we need to dispense of the 'man up and play through it culture' which has seen guys like North play through a serious head collision. These guys are driven professionals and will never want to leave the pitch if they can avoid it, so it's up to the medical staff to put their foot down and pull rank on player and coach in these incidences. I know myself, when I was concussed, I was in no right mind to make an intelligent decision.</p><p>I'm in favour of extremely severe sanctions on unions who don't show a duty of care toward players. The fact is that concussions will happen. Mandatory scrum caps won't change that. The worst concussion I got was wearing a scrum cap. It's all about making sure the player is whipped straight off if his head does get a smack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 707634, member: 50079"] +1 Winning a game of rugby is absolutely never worth turning a blind eye to a head injury. For all the talk of doping recently, it is without doubt the single biggest issue in the game at the moment. The fact is that we need to dispense of the 'man up and play through it culture' which has seen guys like North play through a serious head collision. These guys are driven professionals and will never want to leave the pitch if they can avoid it, so it's up to the medical staff to put their foot down and pull rank on player and coach in these incidences. I know myself, when I was concussed, I was in no right mind to make an intelligent decision. I'm in favour of extremely severe sanctions on unions who don't show a duty of care toward players. The fact is that concussions will happen. Mandatory scrum caps won't change that. The worst concussion I got was wearing a scrum cap. It's all about making sure the player is whipped straight off if his head does get a smack. [/QUOTE]
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