Rugby is a full contact sport and has the exact same concerns that American football, fighting, and hockey have. There is no magic shield that protects rugby players from the consequences of repeat impacts to the head.
Researchers are looking into high volume, low impact hits (rugby and American football) contributing to CTE just as much as lower volume, high impact hits (American football). Researchers are even looking at whether impact is necessary, even rapid changes in acceleration (hit elsewhere in the body causing ones brain to slosh around in the skull) piles up damage over the course of a sports career.
Plenty of good hearted sledging to be thrown about various sports. Buying the propaganda that rugby isn’t a dangerous sport ain’t it.
Websearch “rugby + CTE”.
Rugby is a full contact sport and has the exact same concerns that American football, fighting, and hockey have. There is no magic shield that protects rugby players from the consequences of repeat impacts to the head.
Researchers are looking into high volume, low impact hits (rugby and American football) contributing to CTE just as much as lower volume, high impact hits (American football). Researchers are even looking at whether impact is necessary, even rapid changes in acceleration (hit elsewhere in the body causing ones brain to slosh around in the skull) piles up damage over the course of a sports career.
Plenty of good hearted sledging to be thrown about various sports. Buying the propaganda that rugby isn’t a dangerous sport ain’t it.