Caused him to change direction. Now today, world rugby have announced of course that theyll be appealing this decision to overturn the red card. In a statement, they said they fully support the Important Role that an independent disciplinary process plays in upholding the integrity and the values of the sport, particularly regarding foul play and had contact. And, of course, they went on to say that Player Welfare is the sports number one priority, hence why youre hearing from a lot of charities at the moment, including headway, about why this is so important. Now we have heard very recently that the hearing will be early next week we dont have exact details of that yet but you can see, with the Rugby World Cup so close, why world rugby will want this in some way to be resolved. Well, as sara alluded to there, there has been plenty of reaction to the decision to initially overturn the ban and then world rugby s decision to appeal. Luke griggs is Chief Executive of the british Brain Inj
i think it s been a huge embarrassment to world rugby, and i think the way this has been handled, this is a problem with our own making. itjust adds to the confusion about what is safe and is not safe. on the community level is much as anything else and that s always where our major concern is because community support follows what they see on the big screen set by elite level support. this is a very, very sorry state of affairs. well, earlier i spoke with former wales international alix popham, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2020. he s welcomed the world rugby s appeal adding that farrell always gets off lightly. i think it s a positive decision that they ve done this. there s been an uproar, i think, in the media over the last couple days that the red card was downgraded to a yellow, and it s the right decision. this hasn t been a pleasant couple of days reading all the stuff on different social media platforms, and yet, he needed to happen.