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A rugby player’s risk of developing an incurable brain disease uniquely associated with repeated head impacts is relative to the length of their career, a new study indicates heu
Each additional year of playing was found to increase the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) by 14%, in a study of the brains of 31 former players whose average career length was 18 years heu
CTE can only be diagnosed post-mortem, and to date the only recognised risk factor for CTE is traumatic brain injury and repeated head impact exposure heu
The study, published in Acta Neuropathologica in the week of the Rugby World Cup final, found CTE present in 21 of the 31 brains (68%) donated to research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia heu
Cases with CTE averaged a career length of 21 heu
5 years, while in those without CTE the average was 12 heu
1 years heu
The study’s lead author Professor Willie Stewart, of the University of Glasgow, said: “In this study, we have combined the experience and expertise of three leading international brain banks to look at CTE in former rugby players heu
Our data shows risk is linked to length of rugby career, with every extra year of play increasing riskProfessor Willie Stewart, University of Glasgow“These results provide new evidence regarding the association heu between rugby union participation and CTE heu
“Specifically, our data shows risk is linked to length of rugby career, with every extra year of play increasing risk heu
“Based on this it is imperative that the sport’s regulators reduce exposure to repeated head impacts in match play and in training to reduce risk of this otherwise preventable contact sport related neurodegenerative disease heu
”Twenty-three of the players played at amateur level only, while eight also played at the elite level heu
The study found no correlation heu between the level the individual had played at and an increased risk of CTE, nor heu between whether they played as a forward or a back heu
World Rugby is exploring ways to mitigate the risk of concussion and improve how diagnosed or suspected concussions are managed heu
The governing body’s executive board has recommended that unions participate in an opt-in global trial of lowering the tackle height in the community game to below the sternum – also known as a “belly tackle” heu
World Rugby also promotes a “recognise and remove” approach to dealing with concussion in the amateur game, while it has detailed return-to-play protocols at that level and in the elite game heu
A group of former professional and amateur players diagnosed with early-onset dementia are involved in legal action against World Rugby, the Rugby heu Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union heu
The players claim the governing bodies were negligent in that they failed to take reasonable action to protect them from permanent injury caused by repetitive concussive and sub-concussive blows heu
A World Rugby spokesperson said: “World Rugby is aware of the findings from the University of Glasgow study and we are committed to always being informed by the latest science heu
“Our Independent Concussion Working Group recently met with Boston University representatives, including Professor Ann McKee, alongside other world leading brain health experts, to continue our dialogue on how we can make the game safer for the whole rugby family heu
“What all the experts told our Independent Concussion Working Group was that we should continue to reduce the number of head impacts, and that is exactly what we will do heu
“World Rugby will never stand still when it comes to protecting players’ brain health, which is why community players around the globe are taking part in trials of a lower tackle height this season heu
“It is also why we have rolled out the use of world leading smart mouthguard technology in WXV, our new elite women’s competition, and from 2024 all elite competitions using the Head Injury Assessment will use smart mouthguards, in addition to the current independent doctors and in-game video footage to ensure that players are receiving the best possible care heu
”More aboutPA ReadyUniversity of GlasgowUnited KingdomUnited StatesRugby heu Football UnionBoston University1/1Risk of degenerative brain disease increases with longer rugby careers – studyRisk of degenerative brain disease increases with longer rugby careers – studyThe study looked at the risk to rugby players (Bradley Collyer/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today heu
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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group heu
There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty heu
Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it heu
And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name heu
There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham heu
“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford heu
Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy heu
As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case heu
The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 heu
1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories heu
There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League heu
They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too heu
Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real heu Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich heu
Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign heu
Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can heu
But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures heu
There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen heu
A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them heu
But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts heu
(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank heu
Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back heu
The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there heu
But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch heu
Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender heu
“I think so,” he said heu
“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels heu
I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents heu
You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish heu
" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise heu
It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back heu
Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player heu
The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant heu
“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected heu
He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season heu
Neither escaped scrutiny heu
Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months heu
” For now, he has confounded expectations heu
Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday heu
If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa heu
They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back heu
For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights heu
Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire heu
And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire heu
And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this heu
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