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Doctors granted more time for saliva collection

WORLD Rugby have approved an optional additional period of up to three minutes to be added to the HIA process in Premiership and Championship matches. This means the HIA period can run from a minimum of ten minutes to a maximum of 13 minutes to optimise collection of in-game saliva samples.
The samples are being collected for the study led by the University of Birmingham, as part of its work to develop an objective pitch-side test to diagnose concussion.
During a match, a player who undergoes an HIA1 assessment provides a 2ml saliva sample while they are off the field.
Players also provide ...

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