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“Concussion – strides have been made but we can’t stand still”

THE FIRST time I got concussion on the rugby field I was 17. I went to the side of the pitch to get attention from the physiotherapist, then I decided to run back onto the field. The only problem was it was the wrong pitch and my dad ended up chasing after me.

Over the next 20 years I’d get knocked out a few times,

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