Head impacts and concussions in rugby union are the focus of a new action planThe Rugby Football Union, Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players' Association have launched an action plan aimed at reducing head impacts and concussion risk in both elite rugby union matches and training. The action plan sets out how science and technology is being used to evolve thinking to optimise player welfare and brain health for prospective, current and past players. Hopley also believes current players would be in favour of a reduction of full contact work done in training. It's about how we manage that, how we do that appropriately, marrying the medical data we've talked about. "Trying to give certainty on what is contact, clarification and regulation around that is an important step forward."

Source: Sky sports July 21, 2021 23:03 UTC