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One of the toughest men to have played in the 1990s, Kyle White was known for his brutal hits. But after his death this year, researchers described his degenerative brain condition as “severe”. 
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The announcement that deceased rugby league players suffered from degenerative brain disease will, at the least, make the game safer for future generations.
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I love sport. Grew up with both Rugby's, Union and League. Played myself until I left school. My sons have played, but I'm glad that them don't now. This is serious, and I am torn as perhaps I should not watch Rugby League now, knowing that some of the players are going to have health challenges down the road. Perhaps it is time to retire these sports as we have the gladiators and bull fighting.
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The National Rugby League and other sporting bodies need to move forward with strategies for prevention. The NRL is making the right noises, and taking small steps. They’re educating themselves. They’re listening to experts. They acknowledge there’s an issue. The data is in: repeated concussion causes long term brain damage.
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Lance Hohaia still struggles to talk about the events of October 11, 2014. It's not just that the memories are painful - the memories are mostly gone. Hohaia has almost no recollection - New Zealand Herald
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Five former players tell of the toll rugby league injuries continue to take on their lives.
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IF last Sunday night’s Channel 7 interview with Ian Roberts didn’t change your opinion on the impact of concussions and what direction the NRL need to head to ensure player welfare, then you have no place in the modern game.
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If a massive cultural shift is what is needed to tackle sport's concussion crisis, then it's not just up to coaches and administrators to make that happen.
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Richard Cramer said there was ‘no clearcut favourite’ and significant payouts to former players ‘could be the final straw’ financially for the sport
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The director of HeadSafe hails the news that Australia, at last, has gathered its own evidence of brain injuries to its athletes.
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Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of Australian rugby league players with a degenerative brain condition commonly found in retired NFL athletes.
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Statistics suggest the Eels are exploiting the NRL's concussion interchange rules. But Brad Arthur slams the idea.
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Several current international rugby and league players have reached out to Shontayne Hape for advice following his shocking revelation of his concussion-enforced retirement. - New Zealand Herald
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Former rugby league player Ian Roberts has predicted the ‘‘end of contact sport’’ after being diagnosed with brain damage he believes is the result of being knocked out up to a dozen times in his playing career.
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