World Rugby addresses brain disease link - says beer is BAD

Powerful education tool or cynical deflection - you decide. PLUS: The Week That Was and The Weekend That Will Be.

Carl Hayman’s revelation about being diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE must have spooked World Rugby. How else do you explain the decision to rush a video into production that is called “Staying on top of your game: Rugby and brain health”, but what should really be called is “Rugby and brain health: How to gaslight players.”