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Back, we want them back as soon as we can. world rugby told us they always put player welfare first above any other considerations — commercial or otherwise. as dr 0'driscoll was resigning, this young player's career was taking off. youth international adam hughes was one of several top academy players aiming for the big time... ..little realising how concussion would change his life. i started playing, actually, quite young. growing up in cwmbran, playing for croesyceiliog as a youngster, it was just rugby — that's all your life was. and that's all you wanted it to be. was there a lot of ...

It in a rugby player, and certainly not in a female rugby player. some experts now believe that women playing a contact sport are twice as likely to suffer concussion than men. what this evidence is telling us is that — funnily enough — males and females are different. and this one—size—all approach to concussion, which is based almost exclusively on research in men — it's not going to fit. we're not really hearing any female voices on this. and if women are going to hit their 405, 50s, 60s, working age and have a risk of dementia, then that's a real negligence, isn't it? with former...

From a single concussion. and if they have a third concussion, they shouldn't be selected to play again and should be advised to take up a non—contact sport. world rugby told us there are different opinions on how concussion should be managed, but they were unaware of any current guidelines or research recommending that players should retire after three concussions. back when rugby union was amateur, it was the job of former players with medical backgrounds to keep an eye on concussion — like former ireland international dr barry 0'driscoll. barry. wyre! how are you? welcome, here, to our ...

But as the sport turned professional, rugby union relied more on advice from external experts. in 2008, the concussion in sport group said it was ok to come back within seven days. and we had three weeks. and, in my innocence, i thought, "well, these guys know a lot "more about it than me, because i haven't got enough "experience in all this yet." and...| sort of accepted that. do you now regret going along with that decision to bring it down from three weeks to seven days? in retrospect, yes, very much. dr 0'driscoll became increasingly unhappy with policy on concussion, and in 2012 he resign...

Across wales are back on the parks... ..watched and coached by rugby—mad parentsjust like me. on a day like this, you can easily see the benefits and the fun of playing rugby. and these kids are just starting out. what i want to know — as a coach and as a parent, and with so much in the news now about concussion and rugby — whether those who run our game have done enough over the years to make sure it's as safe as it can possibly be. go on, boys! it may be making headlines today, but concussion in rugby has been on the news agenda for years, and it's an issue we've looked at in programme...