The debate should move on from ‘what is a concussion’ and the inferred relationship between concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Focus should be on education and recognition. Kirkwood et ...

Steve Thompson was a Rugby World Cup winner with England in 2003 but is part of a group taking legal action against the sport ...

Correspondence to Isla J Shill, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; isla.shill{at}ucalgary.ca Objective To examine differences in ...

More than a third of Irish school rugby players are willing to continue playing while suffering a concussion, a new study has revealed. Under IRFU rules, players should immediately leave a game if ...

Retired rugby players who have suffered multiple concussions have higher levels of certain proteins in their blood, which may make them more prone to developing diseases such as motor neuron disease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any parent’s worst nightmare is their child getting any kind of injury, but head injuries have some of the worst reputations in ...

Concussions can occur in any sport, at any level and at any age so here's how to spot one and what steps parents and children should take ...

England prop Joe Marler has revealed that he forgot he was a father after suffering concussion. Rugby has been facing up to issues with concussion after a group of former players announced legal ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

Former England and Worcester wing Kat Merchant wants women's rugby to learn lessons from the men's game to improve player safety over head injuries.