ST Senan’s Rugby Club in Shannon are the first in Ireland to make headgear mandatory at underage level. They have entered into a collaboration with Galway based N-Pro, a world leader in the production of head guards, and it is estimated that wearing the products can reduce impacts to the head significantly. With such high levels of physicality in rugby, there has been major concern in recent years about the impact of hits to the head on players at all levels. Club President Dave Lee said that St Senan’s felt it was important to be proactive about dealing with a common concern. “We are going on feedback from parents, there has been a lot of discussion and concern about concussion and injuries lately, and we felt we had to do something to counteract that worry. We made contact with N-Pro, about maybe doing a collaboration and they jumped at the chance.” He said that the N-Pro product is superior to …
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