Bracken: Head injury ‘scandal’ must end

ENGLAND World Cup winner Kyran Bracken today condemns rugby’s failure to take decisive action over head injuries as ‘a scandal’.
The former Saracens scrum-half is part of Progressive Rugby, a lobby group whose campaign to reduce the risk of brain damage included publicly rebuking the Lions for selecting Luke Cowan-Dickie the week after the Exeter hooker had been knocked out in the Premiership final.
“Any system that allows a player to play again seven days after being knocked out is a scandal,’’ Bracken told The Rugby Paper. “Those are the bare facts as they apply to Luke Cowan-Dickie.
“I...

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