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Former Rabbitohs captain Mario Fenech reveals he has early onset dementia.

Former rugby league winger James McManus has revealed he was left with the brain of a 50-year-old after taking too many knocks to the head.

A couple of knocks to the top is taken into account par for the course in case you're an expert rugby league participant.

Macquarie University/The Lighthouse Support groups to help people at risk of the concussion-linked dementia syndrome, CTE, are part of a range of treatments underway by Macquarie University neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs, whose research has identified symptoms that can be early signs of the disease. Athletes in many contact sports are expected to take hard knocks in their stride; but repeated blows to the head are increasingly being linked to the progressive brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Danger: a new national study has identified a form of dementia in athletes that is li...

At that stage, Cordner was still suffering from headaches after he was concussed in State of Origin I on November 4 and controversially allowed back onto the field. “We discussed his retirement at length,” Robinson said. “There was a lot of stuff written about Boyd and I discussing it during the year, at the end of the season before Origin, but all that was crap. “But we had to have that discussion. We’ve known each other long enough. It was really honest from both parties. There were only two options: stop playing or believe in the ability of the body to heal itself....