@willvernon @AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @theRPA @allianz_stad @Allianz @PapaJohns @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @ContiUK @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK They should put player welfare first, but if they’re not (as you suggest) then yes they should be honest that they’re balancing welfare against the ‘product’. Hard to be transparent with that as they’d be admitting they are weighing it up against 100s with permanent brain injury

@willvernon @AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @theRPA @allianz_stad @Allianz @PapaJohns @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @ContiUK @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK If you are trying to use the laws of the game to effect behaviour changes then mitigating the sanction isn’t going to aid that, the only confusion I have is how anyone at @WorldRugby can think this and ‘player welfare is our number one priority’ can co-exist

@willvernon @AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @theRPA @allianz_stad @Allianz @PapaJohns @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @ContiUK @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK

@willvernon @AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @theRPA @allianz_stad @Allianz @PapaJohns @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @ContiUK @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK there was vehement opposition to the 20-minute red card in France. A joint statement from the French federation, the National Rugby League and the players’ union described the proposal as an “unacceptable step backwards” and insisted that the data collected remains “insufficient”

@AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU There’s so much to question here. I particularly think it’s unbelievable that “He’s a player who is desperate to play this weekend” is material to the decision 🤷🏼‍♂️

@AndrewW93733842 @Scienceofsport @dougleague @AlixPopham @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @alanpearcephd @WillStewNeuro @annmckeemd @ProfPatria @drmbuckland @ed_eddaly @LisRyan_Nutri @Marshal14308007 @SilverwoodVS @SmilerTurner @ProgressiveRug Being transparent about that link is the key point for me… difficult to talk with integrity about selling change and ‘bringing stakeholders with you’ whilst simultaneously dismissing/downplaying the very risk which would drive the behaviour change you claim to seek 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Scienceofsport @happymindsnow @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s I haven’t said you don’t care, that was others. As for me, there’s no secret, I was given a diagnosis of early onset dementia and probable CTE, & I’m a litigant in the case against your employers and others. In practice on here all I want to do is fully understand the issue 👍

@Scienceofsport @happymindsnow @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s Yes of course, an agenda fuelled by paranoia and sensationalism (although I thought we’d agreed not to address each others motivations). The irony and what you fail to appreciate is I hope that is the case every single day. Cheers

@Scienceofsport @happymindsnow @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s I’m sorry Ross but I the only conclusion I find credible is you are being deliberately obtuse on this, so thanks for engaging, but personally I’ll leave this here, it’s tiring. Genuinely hope I’m mistaken and the scheme has huge impact. Thanks again.

@Henri_F @Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s Yeah I guess my question would be why there are not hundreds of long jumpers, swimmers, sailors, all subject to the same modifiable risk factors in a similar position

@Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s So why not say that in the launch?

@Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s My concern is you launched the whole thing with a slide titled ‘Brain Health - Why So Important’ and don’t mention literally hundreds of players with poor brain health where age is not the cause, but on here they’re the raison d’etre… well you wanted examples of poor comms…

@Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s Are you comfortable with the comments from Simon Keogh , especially the paranoia and sensationalism comments? If these views are not endorsed by WR surely a counter view should’ve been offered? I’m afraid I do find these behaviours hard to reconcile with care you claim WR show

@Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s All really interesting Ross, but back to the limitations this necessitates on the mitigations WR feel would be optimal, & clarity around risks WR feel rugby players are/are possibly exposed to, can you point me to that now or would you expect that to be communicated in future?

@Scienceofsport @Steveisworried_ @AndrewW93733842 @happymindsnow @WorldRugby @BillBeaumont @PlantedSam @ProgressiveRug @AlixPopham @Peter_Fitz @jamesjpdrake @ChrisNowinski1 @drmbuckland @Tommo33s then imagine that the organisation presiding over the comms on that was British Tobacco. Not my analogy, yours, and before you say it yes, it is imperfect, but even they had to put the pictures of cancerous lungs on the fag packets in the end!