The findings showed that there was a 242.9% increase in attendances with women’s rugby injuries. Study co-author Stephen Gilmartin, from the Emergency Department of St Vincent’s University Hospital, said that women’s rugby injury presentations are increasing. The last review of rugby injuries presenting to the ED in 1992 reported only one presentation secondary to women’s rugby participation. Locally in our emergency department, the increase in concussion presentations has seen the introduction of a consultant delivered concussion clinic,” added Mr Gilmartin. The IRFU in conjunction with the University of Limerick are pioneering women’s rugby injury research with the development of the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) study.

Source: Irish Examiner October 15, 2019 18:22 UTC