The Sydney Morning Herald reports how “International Rugby Board (IRB) lawyers scuppered a plan to use ‘injury passports’ to monitor at-risk players for concussion more than two years ago” due to privacy concerns in a story involving a championship-winning player on indefinite leave due to concussions. “IRB was thwarted in an attempt to develop a global player database that would document and transfer information on players with a legacy of head injuries,” the report states, noting, “A similar program has been up and running in New Zealand for a decade … The Australian Rugby Union also maintains a similar database.”
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