IT IS high time rugby union rectified its woeful inability to end the game’s injury crisis threatening the sport’s future.
Before medical evidence revealed some players are suffering brain damage, World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont hailed rugby as “a leader in sport in the prevention and management of injury” while RFU CEO Bill Sweeney stated: “The game is as safe as it can be and getting safer.”
These deluded views have been exposed by the early dementia damages claim now backed by over 180 players and the tragic death of Siobham Cattiga...