Alix Popham
@AlixPopham
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Married to Mel, 3 daughters. Ex Int Welsh rugby player #1014. Co-founder @head4change Ride Across America x3, English Channel Swimmer, 140.6 ๐ฉ๐ฐ2024 ๐ธ๐ช2025
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined November 2012
This is a interview I did with Dr. Bennet Omalu for the @guardian (who @willsmith played in the film โConcussionโPLEASE WATCH AND SHARE ๐๐ก๐ข๐โค๏ธ๐๐ง
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@CteWith1309 @AlixPopham And this is the same guy saying there is a cover up on head injuries but he now works for world rugby @jimhamilton4
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Sports media has no interest in calling out the NFL So far in 2025, nine former and current NFL players under the age of 48 have died. Of those nine, seven were the result of suicide โฆyet little mention of the damages done to their brains on the field! https://t.co/IeTFemioNs
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The NFL season has been rife with tragedyโnot that the league or its media partners have noticed.
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#snowsport leading the way this Autumn, making #concussion #education available to coaches, leaders and instructors present at their conference in Perth yesterday. So much good discussion, first time I've run overtime in a while! #IfInDoubtSitThemOut
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The inconvenient truths of the multibillion dollar contact sports industry. Brain damage because itโs fun & exciting to watch. #CTE #tickintaubomb #mentalhealth
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If more isnโt done to combat concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more families will be grieving tragic deaths.
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https://t.co/JqvhPHD8TY increasing evidence #braininjury in #rugby linked to #dementia #MND @ProgressiveRug @PlanetRugby @rugbyontnt
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@tomrock84 We would agree with that, but perhaps there isnโt the appetite to see the results โฆ
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@ProgressiveRug Shouldnโt interrogation of this be an existing function of sports governing bodies, particularly any who claim player welfare is their number one priority?
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@AndrewW93733842 @jimhamilton4 And it's been totally ignored since them. Cover up or what.
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@AndrewW93733842 @jimhamilton4 I'm STILL out undergoing my rest period and RTP protocols 36 years later...
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@RuggarRugby @jimhamilton4 Sorry, that's a fallacy. The brain is damaged at incredibly low levels of strain.
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@jimhamilton4 Get real thatโs a red card all day long led with the shoulder no attempt to wrap. Saying that you were celebrating deliberately imparting brain injuries ๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐
Certainly nothing to be promoted or celebrated. These guys are just dealing out brain injuries this is pointless and sickening. As head of social media for WR I sadly expected better ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก
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Certainly nothing to be promoted or celebrated. These guys are just dealing out brain injuries this is pointless and sickening. As head of social media for WR I sadly expected better ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก
Only 4 types of humans that thrive (survive) here. Fijian, Tongan, Samoan and South Africa. #runitback
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