I sat down with experienced journalist and author of the book, Concussed – Sports Uncomfortable Truth, Sam Peters, on his findings on how he started investigating head injuries in rugby.
On how he started looking at concussion in sport, Sam said, “Well, just covering matches on a weekly basis for the national newspapers.
“I played Rugby a lot when I was younger, nearly made it into the England schools teams.
“It was just clear to me that the game changed so much that there were a huge number of concussions happening on a weekly basis, and the players were being sent back on the field when they'd clearly experienced a brain trauma, often completely unconscious, where there was no doubt whatsoever that they were concussed.
“I remember one, the wife of a young player, Nick Berry, who's now an international referee, his partner said by the end of his career, all she cared about was whether her husband was conscious at the end of the game.
“There were multiple cases of suicide, which are linked to repetitive head trauma as well.”
You can watch the full interview below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRCgwbP6wO0&t=1s
