EPISODE · Jul 12, 2024 · 55 MIN
Sam Peters & Lewis Moody on using your brain in rugby
This is the story of a decade long campaign to make contact sport safe.In this episode, we welcome award winning author and journalist Sam Peters alongside Rugby Union World Cup winner Lewis Moody.Sam has just won The Sports Writing Award at the Charles Tyrwhitt Book Awards for Concussed: Sport's Uncomfortable Truth, not only a fine piece of writing, but moreover a recognition for an ongoing campaign Sam has been fighting for over a decade.Lewis won pretty well everything in Rugby Union, domestic and European titles with Leicester Tigers, British Lions caps, and most notably the World Cup with England in 2003. He himself suffered multiple serious concussions in his career; and this is the subject of today.Show notes:Sam’s 10+ year campaign to save rugbyLewis’s own terrible concussion historyThe tragic stories of those who’ve sufferedMental health + concussionResistance and conflicts of interest from the insideGrassroots and the future of rugby Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is the story of a decade long campaign to make contact sport safe.In this episode, we welcome award winning author and journalist Sam Peters alongside Rugby Union World Cup winner Lewis Moody.Sam has just won The Sports Writing Award at the Charles Tyrwhitt Book Awards for Concussed: Sport's Uncomfortable Truth, not only a fine piece of writing, but moreover a recognition for an ongoing campaign Sam has been fighting for over a decade.Lewis won pretty well everything in Rugby Union, domestic and European titles with Leicester Tigers, British Lions caps, and most notably the World Cup with England in 2003. He himself suffered multiple serious concussions in his career; and this is the subject of today.Show notes:Sam’s 10+ year campaign to save rugbyLewis’s own terrible concussion historyThe tragic stories of those who’ve sufferedMental health + concussionResistance and conflicts of interest from the insideGrassroots and the future of rugby Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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