Case against rugby union governing bodies on dementia destined for courts
A legal case involving a group of rugby players diagnosed with early-onset dementia and other irreversible neurological impairments, including the former Wales captain Ryan Jones, looks destined for the courts
'They are going to come after you': a doctor's advice on rugby's battle over brain injuries
A pioneering American doctor, Bennet Omalu, and the former Wales forward Alix Popham, who has suspected brain injury, examine the past, present and possible future of contact sport
Dan Scarbrough on rugby's dementia crisis: 'Somebody has to put their hand up and take responsibility'
The former England rugby international, now a teacher, admits to feeling conflicted as he reveals to Andy Bull that he is joining a legal action after being diagnosed with early onset dementia
Rugby players' claim for brain injury has 'less than 50/50' chance, say experts
The expected multimillion pound lawsuit from rugby players who have suffered permanent brain damage has less than a 50/50 chance of succeeding, two world-leading sports law experts have told the Guardian
Sport and dementia: ‘Something needs to happen now’
As former rugby players take legal action, experts warn that authorities in many sports must do more to prevent head injuries
Football and rugby facing flood of claims over head injuries warning
Neuropathologist Willie Stewart says there is clear evidence between the sports and degenerative brain condition CTE
Reporting on rugby's dementia crisis struck all too close to home
All the time that I have been talking to former players in middle age facing up to life-changing diagnoses, I have been watching the effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s on my wife
RFU says it can cover dementia payouts and rugby is safe for children to play
Bill Sweeney, the chief executive, said the sport is safe for children to play and that making it risk-free is ‘a journey with no conclusion’
Concussion sufferers twice as likely to develop brain diseases, study finds
People with a history of concussion are more than twice as likely to develop a neurological disease, according to a new study that gathered the largest ever data set on the syndrome in the UK
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