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Contact training is to be drastically reduced across rugby union, in an attempt to prevent injuries and protect player welfare. world rugby guidance will limit full contact training to just 15 minutes a week, after research showed up to 40% of injuries happen during training. laura scott reports. he was one of the heroes of england s world cup winning rugby team in 2003 but steve thompson s memories of that time have vanished. since being diagnosed with dementia last year at the age of 42, he has decided to do whatever he can to protect future players. this is just a very tiny part of what i can do, pledging my brain cells that when i do pass away for them to be able to do research on it is massive, you know, for the massive big picture going forward looking after my children and other people s children. he looking after my children and other people s children. people s children. he is the first athlete to pledge ....
Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here sjohn watson. good afternoon. rugby world cup winner steve thompson will become the first athlete to donate his brain to a research charity as steps taken to limit thw risk of brain injury in the sport. contact training is to be reduced to just 15 minutes per week under new guidance from world rugby in an attempt to prevent injuries. thompson was diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age of 42 last year i v e i ve got the privilege to be the no 1 i ve got the privilege to be the no i pledger of my i ve got the privilege to be the no ipledger of my brain. as much as i have made the decision today, it is my wife who has backed me up and i can t thank her enough for doing this, because you know when you come out with with a diagnosis and we are saying more needs to be done and this is just a tiny bart part of ....
Or on heavy tackles in rugby. with that in mind, world rugby has announced new guidelines to reduce contact training to fifteen minutes a week to try to prevent injuries. it s been welcomed by former players like steve thompson, who won the rugby world cup with england in 2003. he was diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age ofjust 42 and has decided to donate his brain to scientists researching brain trauma. laura scott has this report. he was one of the heroes of england s world cup winning rugby team in 2003 but steve thompson s memories of that time have vanished. since being diagnosed with dementia last year at the age of 42, he has decided to do whatever he can to protect future players. this is just a very tiny part of what i can do, pledging my brain so that when i do pass away for them to be able to do research on it is massive, you know, for the massive big picture going forward looking after my children and other people s children. ....
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