“Speak your truth quietly and clearly and respectfully, and let people know you are not against rugby, you just want to improve the quality of life for your fellow human beings. That is what this is all about.” Dr Bennet Omalu to Progressive Rugby - March 2021

After the generous mansplaining advice given to me on doing "pillow helmet" research earlier this week, I wrote this for today's The Australian Please don't @ me, just look at the science theaustralian.com.au/commentary/all…

We have just had confirmation the swim is on! Starting the early hours of Sunday morning 😬😬😬 This is going to be a huge challenge for everyone involved and we’re praying the tides and weather are kind to us 🙏

New paper and final study from my PhD: Cardiovascular risk and systemic inflammation in male professional rugby: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0… It's been an absolute pleasure to have worked with such a fantastic team to see this through!

Clíodhna McHugh Prof. Fiona Wilson Áine Kelly Meagan Murphy Wasfy Zsu Barad 💙💛 Kathryn Dane Achilleas Floudas An important paper Clíodhna McHugh and a pleasure to collaborate. Let’s hope the findings encourage a step up in care for players Progressive Rugby Daniel Leo Alix Popham UK RugbyHealth project #rugbyhealth

PLEASE LISTEN AND SHARE 😞🙏❤️🏉🧠David Walsh Progressive Rugby World Rugby Dr Willie Stewart Doug King BN PhD3 CNS(Emerg) Rugby Football Union Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 BBC Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 BBC World Service BBC ScrumV BBC News (UK) Times Sport Stephen T Casper Stephen Thompson MBE

Friends and Followers, Following extensive scans, eight months ago, I was diagnosed with Dementia and probable CTE…

Understand that the head contact rules WILL be relaxed for Saturday's World Club Challenge after Penrith met with the RFL today. Panthers wanted assurances about the guidelines, they've been told the recent tightening of rules won't apply this week. loverugbyleague.com/post/super-lea…

AGAIN DOWNPLAYING WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON ⁦⁦World Rugby⁩ READ AND SHARE 😞😡🙏🙏🏉🧠Smart gumshields: Why were they introduced, and what more can be done? bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

5 out of 7 researchers declared conflicts of interest in study funded and, crucially, communicated by ⁦World Rugby⁩. Some of the presentation of findings (implying rugby could be less risky than jogging) would be laughable if not so dangerous. bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

.Carol Vorderman YOU ARE BLOODY MAGNIFICENT. EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS 🔥🔥🔥

PLEASE READ AND SHARE, PLEASE MAKE THE CHANGES World Rugby to protect current and future players 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rugby Football Union All Blacks Wallabies Dr Willie Stewart Alan Pearce Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. Michael Buckland annmckee Patria Anne Hume Doug King BN PhD3 CNS(Emerg) radionewshub.com/articles/news-…

A few years in the making, our latest work from the UK Rugby Health study. Open access Concussion-Related Biomarker Variations in Retired Rugby Players and Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease Risk: The UK Rugby Health Study mdpi.com/2873426 #mdpiijms via IJMS MDPI

Excellent and very important paper to come out of our UK RugbyHealth project project data ... well done to the team and looking forward to supporting any future follow up work alongside Karen Hind Durham BioSciences Ian Entwistle . Now for our cardiometabolic paper to get submitted!

UK RugbyHealth project study ⬇️

Lovely to have Costas Tsakirides over Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster University today doing all things UK RugbyHealth project ... it's always good to block out a day, get immersed in the data (geek mode!) & get our story established for an upcoming submission. We're almost there! Karen Hind Ian Entwistle Antonis Stavropoulos

Caroline Dinenage MP - standing for re-election as chair of Culture, Media and Sport Committee - says she wants wants MPs to re-examine concussion in sport after BBC’s ‘Rugby on Trial’ film “raised important issues about the risks in rugby and how those dangers have been explained to players.” ⬇️

Lots of parents in touch asking if they should buy headgear for their kids to protect them from concussion at start of rugby season. One particular company who i’ve clashed with in past charging £129 for their “product”. Do not buy these. They do not protect against concussion.

I’ve come to terms with it, I’m sharing my 2024 season is over. A hip drop tackle 7 weeks ago leaves me awaiting surgery. I urge everyone to learn about these tackles, which are becoming more common. We need to work on prevention to avoid future injuries in all levels of the game