The perceived wisdom is that rugby was not overly aware of the dangers of concussion and brain trauma back in the day but I’m not so sure.
I was talking recently with Nick Turner, who captained England schools on tour in Australia in 1974, when he recalled his own very sudden and shocking retirement from the game just three years later.
Turner, pressing for full honours, was playing for England U23 against British Columbia on their tour of Canada when he copped a kick in the ahead falling on the ball and went out like a light before coming round and being helped off. He seemed to recover w...