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The rate of injury – and especially concussion – in professional rugby is a growing concern, but the worst thing the game could do is to encourage players to wear more protective equipment, especially headguards. That is the view of Dr Mike Loosemore, the doctor for the British boxing team and a leading member of […]
The International Rugby Board has underscored its commitment to ensure that the world’s top players are included within its decision-making structures with the establishment of the first World Rugby Athletes’ Commission. The Executive Committee approved the commission’s terms of reference at its meeting in Singapore on Thursday and establishment comes with the full support of […]
Ahead of the round 6 GUINEESS PRO12 clash with Benetton Treviso on Friday night, Connacht Head Coach Pat Lam has made a total of five changes to the starting line-up that faced Cardiff Blues last week. In the same week that he signed a Connacht Academy contract, 20-year-old Shane Delahunt has been handed his first […]
The IRFU’s Head of Medical Services Dr Rod McLoughlin presented the work being done on concussion education in rugby to the Joint Committee on Health and Children today at government buildings and made a number of recommendations to advance concussion management in sport. Concussion education and management sits at the very top of the IRFU’s […]
On this week’s programme presented by Seb Lauzier and Martin Cross… CLICK HERE to listen BEN SMITH – The All Blacks winning streak might be over, but their prolific finisher, Ben Smith, continues to produce the goods and in this interview he also explains how his desire to appear in next year’s Rugby World Cup […]
LATEST RESULTS : 03/10/2014 – 06/10/2014: J1A 2014/15 05/10/2014 Ballina 5 vs 15 Westport Ballinasloe 21 vs 11 Corinthians Connemara 40 vs 5 OLBC Monivea 20 vs 18 Galwegians UBL: Buccaneers 25 v Galwegians 29, Corinthians 7 v Shannon 30, Sligo 27 v Tullamore 10 J1B 2014/15 05/10/2014 Ballinrobe 20 vs 13 Tuam Buccaneers 29 […]
