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.
Why has it taken rugby so long to wake up? And indeed other contact sports. Why was there such ignorance, and why has it taken so many tragic injuries for authorities to change the rules?
In this episode, we discuss
Sam’s 10+ year campaign to save rugby
Lewis’s own terrible concussion history
The tragic stories of those who’ve suffered
Mental health + concussion
Resistance and conflicts of interest from the inside
Grassroots and the future of rugby
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Till next time,
Daniel and Liam
Sam Peters & Lewis Moody on using your brain in rugby