The Future of Rugby

Head for Change was set up to raise awareness of traumatic brain injuries in rugby. Steve Thompson and Michael Lickman went public with their diagnosis two years ago but there's still a lot more that we need to do, says the former England international. The length of the season in rugby is a 10-11 month season so their brains are permanently inflamed from all the contact they're doing week to week. For me, the game on a Saturday is as safe as it can be. There's a couple of areas around the Ruck substitutions that you could look at to make it safer. What we want to change in the game is what happens during the week and should be left down