Paris (AFP)
The National Rugby League (NRL) has recorded a decrease in concussions on matches last season in Top14, consequence of a better consideration of this problem, according to the chairman of its medical commission.
Out of 186 matches analyzed, the number of proven concussions, that is diagnosed by a neurologist 48 hours after the match (HIA3), amounted to 69 in the 2018-2019 season, compared to 91 during the season 2017-2018, and 103 in 2016-2017, record year, revealed Tuesday the chairman of the medical commission of the League, Dr. Bernard Dusfour.
The NRL reported that it draws these figures from the work of Dr. Philippe Decq, a neurosurgeon at Beaujon Hospital (AP-HP) and a long-time expert for rugby authorities.
"We have a significant decline," Bernard Dusfour told reporters, saying that the new measures put in place began to produce their effects.
French rugby was shaken last season by the death of the young Aurillac player Louis Fajfrowski (21) and a Stade Espoir French player, Nicolas Chauvin (18), after tackles in the match, as well as by the death of two amateur players, Adrien Descrulhes (17) and Nathan Soyeux (23), also after a shock during a match.
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