Andrew Watkins
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Smallholder, exhausted property developer, attempting to live sustainable & self sufficient, dyslexic. Dog lover, concussion/ TBIs #progressiverugby.
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Joined May 2021
8 years ago today you left. I’ll never forget that phone call. I promised your parents that I would never stop trying to highlight the importance of brain injures. Lives are still being lost. As the aim is to mitigate, manage and educate on risk.🧠🏉💔 https://t.co/HW4eMeyGYw
7 years ago tomorrow you decided you couldn’t continue. Medically you were failed and sport also failed to protect and care for you from brain injuries. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss you. Friends for 30 years and played with you for 3 years. My fight for you goes on🧠🏉❤️🙏
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This seems to be the same story each week but it is in fact a new case every time
Former Wallaby James Roxburgh diagnosed with ‘high-level CTE’- When will @WorldRugby start telling the truth 😔😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠
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From Australia: ‘His brain was shot to pieces’: ex-Wallaby's #CTE diagnosis. "Dr. Buckland is 'flabbergasted' that rugby bodies have not conceded a causal link on CTE. He's never diagnosed the condition in anyone who didn’t have a history of head trauma."
smh.com.au
After his death last year, James Roxburgh was found to have had ‘high-level CTE’. The diagnosis confirmed what his widow, Carolyn, had known in her heart all along.
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Ex-NFLer Doug Martin jumped out of 2nd floor rehab center window in suspected psychotic episode months before death.
nypost.com
Martin’s death is under investigation.
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PLEASE READ AND SHARE 😡😢😔🙏❤️🏉🧠 @WorldRugby @WelshRugbyUnion @EnglandRugby
@ProgressiveRug @melliebrampops @ChrisNowinski1 @annmckeemd @karenhindphd @ed_eddaly @LisRyan_Nutri @WillStewNeuro @Head4Change @jamesjpdrake
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The story of concussions in sport isn’t new. The 1929 Carnegie Report warned of dangerous play. By 1933, the NCAA’s Handbook mentioned brain injury. The risks were known—and largely ignored. Geathers v. NCAA history has a long memory. £18m payout 🧠🏉 https://t.co/q0EvefXBKW
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The story of concussions in sport isn’t new. The 1929 Carnegie Report warned of dangerous play. By 1933, the NCAA’s Handbook mentioned brain injury. The risks were known—and largely ignored. Geathers v. NCAA history has a long memory. £18m payout 🧠🏉 https://t.co/q0EvefXBKW
thetandd.com
An Orangeburg County jury awarded $18 million to a former South Carolina State University football player and his wife, finding the National Collegiate Athletic Association was negligent by not...
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@melliebrampops @WorldRugby 😞😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠@WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @AllBlacks @NZRugby
@allianz_stad @Allianz @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK @HSBC_UK @HSBC @emirates @MacronSports @ProgressiveRug
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How many more rugby players’ brains do we need to see ‘shot to pieces’ with CTE before @WorldRugby stop their denial and start telling the truth? So many lives are being ruined by this cruel disease. Time to stop their empty words about player welfare and take real action.
Former Wallaby James Roxburgh diagnosed with ‘high-level CTE’- When will @WorldRugby start telling the truth 😔😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠
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Former Wallaby James Roxburgh diagnosed with ‘high-level CTE’- When will @WorldRugby start telling the truth 😔😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠
smh.com.au
After his death last year, James Roxburgh was found to have had ‘high-level CTE’. The diagnosis confirmed what his widow, Carolyn, had known in her heart all along.
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Reminder: the NHL misleads its players by denying their sport causes CTE, 19 of 20 NHL players studied at BU have had it.
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“His brain was shot to pieces”: The ex-Wallaby, the CTE diagnosis, and some comfort for his widow Wallabies prop James Roxburgh. The assessment was “high-level CTE” — the brain disease caused by exposure to traumatic brain injuries. 😡😢🏉🧠 https://t.co/lI2GK2aOw3
smh.com.au
After his death last year, James Roxburgh was found to have had ‘high-level CTE’. The diagnosis confirmed what his widow, Carolyn, had known in her heart all along.
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Women in rugby face a higher risk of concussion than men, and the average recovery time is 33 days, over 3x longer than current return-to-play guidelines suggest. #ProtectOurPlayers #BePartOfTheSolution
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Former All Black's wife says NZ Rugby never acknowledged CTE caused by the game https://t.co/usx4EcdRGc
rnz.co.nz
Tutekawa Wyllie suffers from CTE, caused by numerous head knocks while playing rugby. But his wife says NZ Rugby had never acknowledged that was the case.
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Late rugby player Shane Christie had called for 'duty of care for players' 😔😡😢🙏❤️🏉🧠 @WorldRugby @WelshRugbyUnion @ProgressiveRug @EnglandRugby
rnz.co.nz
Former Highlanders flanker believed he was suffering from the same neurodegenerative brain condition diagnosed in friend Billy Guyton, who died by suspected suicide.
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