Risk of degenerative brain disease increases with longer rugby careers – study aol.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aol.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Rugby will use mouthguard technology as part of its efforts to detect brain injuries suffered by players on the field. The smart technology, which measures the force of head impacts in real time, will send alerts to an independent matchday doctor to signal “a high level of acceleration which could lead to an injury,” global governing body World Rugby said Monday. World Rugby said it is investing 2 million euros ($2.1 million) in the technology to support unions, competitions and clubs.
It follows the latest rugby specific research by world rugby s independent concussion working group. currently, a player can play a week after a failed head injury assessment if they pass return to play protocols. as swimming takes the step to ban trangender athletes if they ve been through any stage of make puberty rugby league has now bar transgender players from women s international matches. international rugby league said it wanted to balance the individual s right to participate against perceived risk to other participants . the move comes as a number of sports are considering transgender inclusion. world athletics president lord coe said his sport could be next as lots of sports battle with trans inclusion. if it is a judgment between inclusion and fairness, we will always fall down on the side of fairness, that is for me, it is non negotiable and the integrity of women s sport is really important here. we will follow the science on this