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Progressive Rugby

@progressiverug

A player welfare group comprising expert medics, elite players, academics and coaches passionate about protecting rugby’s long-term future 🏉

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Progressive Rugby advocates for a mandatory limit on minutes of contact in training and on minutes played over a season. And by mandatory, it means mandatory - not a ‘but they want to play’. The powers that be need to protect players and take player welfare seriously.

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Would you like to connect with other diagnosed players for a cycle and a chat? 🚴🚴 Join our Come Ride With Me programme, bringing together former players to get active, connect and help each other through the darker days. Email [email protected] to book your ride. 📨

Would you like to connect with other diagnosed players for a cycle and a chat? 🚴🚴

Join our Come Ride With Me programme, bringing together former players to get active, connect and help each other through the darker days.

Email hello@headforchange.org.uk to book your ride. 📨
Alix Popham (@alixpopham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rugby concussion lawsuit has more than 1,100 former players involved - ⁦World Rugby⁩ 😞😢😡🙏❤️🏉🧠 bbc.co.uk/sport/articles…

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Rugby's concussion lawsuit grows again as lawyers representing former players argue game's authorities have their 'heads in the sand' trib.al/F5Ch1ZW

Andrew Watkins (@andreww93733842) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Run it needs to be banned without exception. Instead it’s gaining popularity. “It’s like watching a “car crash in action” with participants potentially experiencing more than 100Gs of force” 🧠🏉😢😡 theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Dutch Health Council warns of dementia risk from repeated head blows in sports-PLEASE READ AND SHARE 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 ⁦World Rugby⁩ ⁦England Rugby⁩ ⁦Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⁩ nltimes.nl/2025/06/05/dut…

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"This unfortunate and sad case emphasises the need for those who play approved team contact sports to adhere to the concussion guidelines.” Second Impact Syndrome. 1news.co.nz/2025/06/19/cor…

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That Argentinian player should be off the pitch - totally accidental but he needs to be properly checked out #lions2025 #lionsvArgentina

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Needs a minimum of 3 to 6 months. A concern than needs to be taken seriously. We only get one brain, 5th HIA this year suggests he’s vulnerable as his his brain 🏉🧠😡😢

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We welcome all initiatives that could make rugby union at the professional level safer, but it is difficult to take this seriously when more and more fixtures are being shoehorned into a crowded calendar. If WR is serious about player welfare, player load needs to be addressed.

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Does anyone know the answer to this - Ross Tucker maybe? Not sure how truly independent research is defined though - I would think hands off and at a distance.