Welsh Rugby Union

I lead the Welsh Rugby Union injury surveillance project and chair its associated steering group.

We have published several studies showing:

• Concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury (paper)

• Changes to contact-related injury risk (paper)

• Subsequent injury profiles (paper)

• Concussion knowledge at professional and amateur levels

• International rugby has a high risk of injury (paper)

• Neck strength in adult and age-grade international rugby players (paper)

This work is funded by the Welsh Rugby Union.

United Rugby Championship

I am leading the first multi-continent rugby injury surveillance project for the United Rugby Championship, known as PRISM (Professional Rugby Union Injury Surveillance for a Multi-continent league). Co-investigators are: Dr Molly McCarthy-Ryan

This work is funded by the URC.

Mr Ben Robson (PhD student) is investigating how to enhance concussion return to play monitoring in professional male Rugby Union.

We are collaborating with the Welsh Rugby Union and the Welsh Professional Regional teams.

Mr Sandro Vella (PhD student) is developing & implementing a context-driven injury surveillance system with the Malta Football Association