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•Prof @LeedsBeckett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿•Research lead @premrugby •Performance & Research lead @TheRFL •Visiting Prof @SPRINT_ACU 🇦🇺 @UCT_news 🇿🇦 •Trying to help

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@23Benjones
Prof Ben Jones
5 years
🦠 🏉 We monitored 128 players from 4 rugby matches, where 8 infectious players participated. Some players involved in >30 tackles with infectious players. DO PLAYERS BECOME INFECTED AFTER PARTICIPATING WITH SARS-CoV-2 POSITIVE PLAYERS? Now in @BJSM_BMJ https://t.co/ThMtyKCipy
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@LaurenVeronaD
Lauren Verona Delany
3 months
Chuffed to share the publication of my first PhD study in Sports Medicine! Proud of this scoping review & the huge amount of work that went in. Hopefully a valuable resource for sports nutritionists! 🎊🎉 @NessanCostello @23Benjones @susanbackhouse https://t.co/rV2YWH7ttI
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@mhopkinson5
Dr Mike Hopkinson
3 months
🚨New paper🚨: Impacting the rugby tackle : risk factors and mechanisms for concussion and MSK tackle-related injury - a SR and Delphi consensus to inform intervention strategies for risk reduction @BJSM_BMJ https://t.co/6mimUEBxyn Thank you co-authors and reviewers 🙏
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@BMJOpenSEM
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
3 months
🚨NEW #OriginalResearch by @drkeithstokes, @westy1609 @23benjones et al. 👉 Exploration of tackles characteristics with high odds of resulting in concussion to tacklers and ball-carriers separately in elite men’s rugby union. Understanding the characteristics of tackler and
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@_frasermenzies
Fraser Menzies
4 months
Happy to see my first PhD study published this week! 🔓 https://t.co/KEFXEksdPH 🧵👇
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@Carnegie_Sport
Carnegie School of Sport
5 months
New 4-year funded #PhDstudentship focused on reducing head acceleration events and concussions in women’s rugby league, while also optimising player performance with @leedsrhinos Women x @Carnegie_Sport 🧠🏉 https://t.co/g9CaYFHrHZ
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@Carnegie_Sport
Carnegie School of Sport
5 months
🏉 Funded 4-Year PhD Opportunity | RU-InSiGT Project in collaboration with the @RFU, @premrugby, @ThePWR & @catapultsports FIND OUT MORE & APPLY HERE: https://t.co/g9K9FZsAyl
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@DaneVishnubala
Dr Dane Vishnubala
6 months
A really enjoyable @TheRFL day at @leedsrhinos catching up with the Leeds and Wakefield Docs, piloting our new quad angle video spotter approach with central spotter clipping and @23Benjones leading the RFL pilot of a cross code head impact study including biomarkers supported by
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@BokSmart
BokSmart
6 months
👋 Knowing what to do, does not always end up in you doing what you know. There is much work to be done in preparing players for the tackle-contest👉… Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv6VMt to find out more #BokSmart @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1 💪
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@BBCBreakfast
BBC Breakfast
6 months
'We go again' Leeds Rhinos legend Kevin Sinfield told #BBCBreakfast about his sixth challenge to take on 7 ultramarathons in 7 days in December to raise funds and awareness for MND https://t.co/HolBP83lNF
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@Sharief_H
Sharief Hendricks 🇿🇦
8 months
New Paper: Can a novel computer vision-based framework detect head-on-head impacts during a rugby league tackle? https://t.co/pQgbYd2T2D 🏉🔬
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@BMJOpenSEM
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
9 months
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … SHARIEF HENDRICKS 💡 What is your main area of research / clinical expertise? My primary research interests are injury prevention, sports performance and athlete welfare, working with populations ranging from community sport to professional athletes.
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@laraewilson22
Lara Wilson
9 months
Very pleased to have a second study from my PhD published in @EurJSportSci Hopefully an important step in the advancement of applied nutrition services available to international rugby union players. Thanks to all involved 📄 https://t.co/TnbW85GqDj
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@Jattaylor
Jamie Taylor
9 months
🚨New research on player development with @premrugby 🚨 The impact of high-potential status on progression and conversion within a male rugby union talent system Well done to @Amy_Shelley1 @AineMacNamara_ @behan_s @NeilMcCarthy74 @23Benjones Available open access ⬇️
@Amy_Shelley1
Amy Shelley
10 months
Excited to share my first publication - The impact of high-potential status on progression and conversion in a male rugby union talent system Thanks to the team for their efforts on this! Full text 👇 https://t.co/W5xRYUmTEK
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@Suzi_Edwards
Suzi Edwards
10 months
Examining concussions in adult male, senior-grade semi-elite rugby lea... https://t.co/WVsesq2qq9 @Martin_Lang11 @23Benjones @syd_health @Sydney_Uni @UON_research #rugbyleague #concussion #tackle
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@Sharief_H
Sharief Hendricks 🇿🇦
11 months
Editorial: Wilbur Kraak - The coach of coaches and researchers (a tribute to WK structured as a research paper) in IJSSC https://t.co/gT2eK8lTQo @JSolo_95 @23Benjones @jamesbrown06
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@leedsrhinos
Leeds Rhinos
1 year
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@leedsrhinos
Leeds Rhinos
1 year
The money is the thing that will make the difference - remember when social media helped us do good? Let’s do that again, people power over algorithms #RunningHomeForChristmas 💳 Donate https://t.co/OFK32QFjt0 Follow live https://t.co/9GWMHCJCo4
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@leedsrhinos
Leeds Rhinos
1 year
Your support on the road and by donating keeps Kev and the team going through the pain, please continue to support and play your part 💳 Donate https://t.co/OFK32QFjt0 📍Follow live https://t.co/aewnseq2rF
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@Sharief_H
Sharief Hendricks 🇿🇦
1 year
New Paper: ‘Mind your head’, tackle characteristics associated with concussions in rugby league: A case-control study in @_JSAMS by @camowen94 @23Benjones https://t.co/YagLOYe4sS 🏉🔬
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