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The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Importance of Preventing CTE in Rugby

Rugby needs to focus on all the factors, not just one. There's a high prevalence of depression and anxiety in retired athletes. Those are contributors to cognitive decline. So can you prepare players a little bit better and then reduce the burden of these conditions? I know of a handful of former players who have grown older in absolute terror that they're developing CTE condition.

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