Wales rugby great JPR Williams raises fears after Concussion study
By Jordan Davies and Tony BrownWales rugby legend JPR Williams has called on the sport's chiefs to pay more attention to the links between concussion and the impact on players.
Thomas Owens, co-lead investigator on the University of South Wales study, said research found that retired players with a history of concussion had mild cognitive impairment. Williams said: "I had been an orthopaedic surgeon for 35 years. I thought it was good to get involved because of the concern about lots of sports having problems with concussion".
"The game was amateur, we only probably had physical contact once a week. Now they have it every day, the brain needs time to recover, it's like any organ in the body, it is quite a worry, it's repetitive, not even huge bangs but repetitive small injuries to the brain can be a problem in later life."The 55-cap full-back wants the game to return to how it was in the 1970s, with more space for players, "to decrease the ferocity of the hits".
Some exhibited signs of mild cognitive impairment and all were outperformed by the control group in cognitive function tests. "Make them aware, improve the way that we detect concussion at the pitchside and then improve the way we care for players following retirement."
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