yeah, they were 6 concussions in 18 months
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/106396207/wallabies-flanker-david-pocock-praised-for-coming-to-the-aid-of-concussed-all-black-ryan-crotty
and here an article about it:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12111464
where the author says:
"The focus on obvious brain trauma,
the really big, symptomatic head clashes, obscures the real dangers in
contact sports, the ones that lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy
(CTE).
Paradoxically, this
understandable focus on concussion has made it too easy for sports
administrators to say they're winning the fight.
In June I had the privilege of travelling to Boston to spend time with
the foremost CTE and concussion researchers in the world. They know all
sorts of stuff that is truly worrying and it might just be that
concussion, if treated and recuperated from properly, is some way down
the list.
I will write about
this in some depth in the near future but there is a sense from some
researchers that the rush towards the concussion-is-the-root-of-all-evil
narrative has actually been a boon to organisations like the NFL, the
NHL and World Rugby because they can say, "Yes, but look what we're
doing about it."
And it's true. The recognition of the dangers of concussion is light years from where it was a generation ago.
But it's the long-term exposure to collisions, the vast majority of
them sub-concussive and to the naked eye barely perceptible, that shapes
as sport's real challenge. It's why I have become convinced that we are
only a decade or two away from banning contact sport among pre-teen
children (but that is a story for another day)."
and I read on another article (that I cannot find), that another very important issue is to have (or not) post-concussion symptoms like headaches, nausea, vomits, blurred vision,.... Kane Hames, e.g., has not been able to play this last year because he had symptoms during this last entire year,... that's the most dangerous and seems can lead to the mentioned "chronic traumatic encephalopathy
(CTE)",... Ben Smith also suffered symptoms for a long time,... but Crotty, in spite of having suffered too many concussions, has not suffered the symptoms and has recovered quickly,... this last time he didn't have symptoms and went through the protocols,.... he probably couold be playing this weekend but they are going to take a precautionary time
most important thing here is that he's going to receive the best possible professional advice to decide what is best for him, no doubt
