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Rugby is a growing sport. over two million women now play. and, as with the men's game, there's always the risk of injury. we had one of those big kind of anniversary games and i got dropped on my head and i had a huge seizure. i had a ct scan to check for brain bleeds. no brain bleed. so a couple of weeks later, i'm back at training, i'm back in pre—season. come on, let's go for it, alex. let's go for it, alex! nic evans has played for wales. she also says she played for her club after a major concussion. every single time i trained, every single time my heart rate went up, i felt sick, ife...

Lying in hospital that evening, you just think to yourself, you know, that could have been... ..could have been much worse. you know, it could have been, you know, maybe a brain injury or something similar. in 2014, in another programme, interviewed a neuropathologist who had long been concerned. so have things changed? seven years on, we caught up. it's a very slow and slightly frustrating process. i'm slightly depressed and disappointed that sports haven't kind of got together properly on this. why is it a particular problem in physical contact sports? concussion is a form of brain injury. w...

Rugby today takes concussion on the pitch very seriously. commentator: 0h! look, he was chest to shoulder first. and there he is. he's off, look. i thinkjohnny williams, he had to go off. just because somebody looks as though they've had a mild brain injury, it doesn't mean that there's not something more significant, serious, possibly life—threatening going on inside the skull. so, from that point of view, get them off the park. there are more red cards for high tackles. commentator: wayne barnes is going for his pocket. - oh, it's that one — it's red. that's a clear attack on the head. i...

Every single time i trained, every single time my heart rate went up, i felt sick, ifelt nauseous i had headaches. i felt really low. what were you told about the dangers of concussion and how bad it could be? i wasn't. erm, i had a neurologist appointment and he said it was a concussive seizure, and that he'd only actually ever seen it in boxing before. he'd not actually seen 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 â€...

Appointment and he said it was a concussive seizure, and that he'd only actually ever seen it in boxing before. he'd not actually seen 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 wo...