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Report Says Australian Study Finds 31 Rugby League Players with Brain Disease CTE
Researchers found more than 60% of donated rugby league brains showed CTE, including players in their 20s and 30s, prompting calls for contact-sport reforms.
- On Tuesday, a study presented at the International Sports Concussion Conference in Melbourne revealed 31 of 51 donated rugby league brains tested positive for CTE.
- Among the players identified in the research were NRL star Paul Green and Manly Sea Eagles player Keith Titmuss, who was 20 when he died in 2020.
- Paul Green's widow, Amanda Green, is urging collision sports to improve athlete safety, while Swinburne University Associate Professor Alan Pearce recommends banning contact until the age of 14.
- These findings follow a Four Corners report in June revealing 33 Australian Rules footballers were diagnosed with CTE, exposing the scale of the AFL's brain trauma crisis.
- Experts note that CTE's sole cause is repetitive head impacts, with researchers emphasizing the need for modifications to non-contact sport versions for children until the age of 14.
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Report says Australian study finds 31 rugby league players with brain disease CTE
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says a study has found that 31 rugby league players have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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