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Particularly good about it, really. 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...i 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 ...

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, ifelt nauseous i had headaches. i felt really low. what were you told about the dangers of ...

What was the learning curve for you about the dangers of concussion, and that a head knock wasn'tjust something you could get up and carry on with? actually, there was a little bit of a finger in the air, you know? i mean, i've been on many coaching qualification courses and very little was spoken about concussion, you know, and that's why i felt vulnerable when incidents happen. you know, as a coach, you know, what position would i have been in to make a decision on a player the following week? when you look at players like alix popham, what does that make you think about the way they were tr...

It's a difficult one to compare two different sports, because they are different. you know, they're totally different. indeed, head injuries are more frequent in rugby than american football. well, again, you know, i don't want to start, you know, talking about other sports, etc. i'm here just to talk about rugby union. you know, we have to look at, you know, the science. we will never sit still when it comes to safety within the game. that is the overriding and clear message that, as a governing body, we will make sure that we support player welfare. and, you know, it's certainly our aim to m...

Everyone wants more research. but the dangers of concussion have been discussed for decades. so how much did rugby union know about it? well, more than you might think. as far back as 1975, the then international rugby board held a medical conference in dublin where head injuries were discussed, and they were warned by neurosurgeon geoffrey vanderfield that concussions needed to be taken seriously, as even a slight injury could be life—threatening. the rugby authorities reacted, ruling players had to take a three—week break after a suspected concussion, and they continued to get advice fro...