This commentary sits within a context of growing cultural concern over brain damage that
occurs in many of the Western world's most popular, profitable and prized sports. After laying …

This article first summarizes research regarding the relationship between sports that
intentionally structure multiple types of brain trauma into their practice, such as rugby and …

Physical education (PE) has long been contested as various discourses compete and
conflict on what the subject is and what its purpose ought to be. Within these discussions …

This article examines how 'framing'is used to resist a proposal to remove rugby tackling from
UK schools. It focuses on rugby tackling for UK school children, which is often a compulsory …

The purpose of this study was to explore the understandings and perceptions of risk related
to brain trauma amongst parents of children that play contact rugby. A qualitative approach …