Rugby World Cup winner Ben Kay has delivered a grim warning for the game as studies into the long-term effects of concussion intensify. “It is without doubt the biggest concern that rugby faces,” Kay said as the topic was discussed with medical experts on BT Sport’s Rugby Tonight show in Britain. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Former England and British & Irish Lions lock Ben Kay says concussion is the game's single biggest issue. No other clubs are doing more than us’, they’d accept doing less contact training and coaches will get better in other ways,” he reasoned. They’ll be saying ‘we can’t do that, but how do we make our players even better tacklers now, without doing full-on contact'.”

Source: Stuff May 03, 2022 04:31 UTC