KYRAN BRACKEN

I FEEL very let down by World Rugby and its approach to concussion. There is a malaise and a scandalous lack of leadership when it comes to taking the necessary preventative action with regards to the shortening of Return to Play protocols.When you look at what players like Steve Thompson and Alix Popham are suffering, it is hard to stomach the lack of action.Professor Willie Stewart, a consultant neuropathologist who advises World Rugby on brain health, has highlighted that the three-week stand down after a concussion – which was introduced in 1977 – w...