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 medical team at the London Olympics. Dr Loosemore has been influential in the removal of headguards in amateur boxing, and is keen that other contact sports should not make the same mistake…….. see more at :- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/news/11150094/Headguards-in-rugby-would-add-to-the-concussion-problem-not-solve-it-says-doctor.html