ALIX POPHAM traveled the world as a rugby player. He played 33 times for Wales and competed at two Rugby World Cups, and even got to meet Nelson Mandela before a match in South Africa. Or so he’s told. He can’t actually remember. Popham is 43 and his rugby career…
Wales’ George North is tackled by Australia’s Anthony Fainga’a during their bronze medal at the Rugby World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on October 21, 2011.ALIX POPHAM traveled the world as a rugby player. He played 33 times for Wales and competed at two Rugby World Cups, and even got to meet Nelson Mandela before a match in South Africa.Popham is 43 and his rugby career is, in his words, “all a blur.
“I THINK this World Cup is the end of rugby as we know it,” Prof. Willie Stewart, a neuropathologist and former adviser to governing body World Rugby, told The Associated Press. “I think the current form of rugby union as it is played will change straight after the World Cup.” Concussions — or, in other words, brain injuries — are commonplace, roughly one per game according to annual injury audits commissioned in English rugby.
“Any time we can change the protocols to make it safer for our players, we’re going to do that,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the Super Bowl.recommended tackle height How, critics say, can Wales prop Tomas Francis, after clashing heads with his own teammate in a match last year, pass a head injury assessment despite appearing unsteady on his feet and leaning on a post for support — signs that should have led to his immediate removal? Just this month, a judicial panel overturned a red card for England captain for a high, no-arms tackle to a Wales player’s head in a World Cup warmup.
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