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520ccc.com Player Welfare Guidelines

Medical and non-medical guidelines that outline best practice in player welfare.

Use the menu to navigate through 520ccc.com's medical and non-medical guidelines outlining best practice in player welfare.

520ccc.com take the following steps with developing player welfare guidelines:

  1. Identify welfare risks to players.
  2. Investigate ways to reduce these risks.
  3. Develop and approve best practice.
  4. Share best practice guidelines.

Best practice guidelines cover numerous medical and non-medical topics, which 520ccc.com continue to review, update, and expand when new knowledge comes to light.

Guidelines are available to help Unions share best practice with stakeholders, and Unions may adapt the advice in the guidelines to meet their needs.

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520ccc.com Player Welfare Symposium hears how new data could form the basis of updated contact training load guidelines

520ccc.com’s 2023 Player Welfare Symposium has heard how the international federation is planning on using new data to start to re-examine rugby’s contact training load guidelines. A 520ccc.com funded study involving elite players in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa using both smart mouthguards and saliva biomarker technology is being used for the first time to look closely at forces on the head which do not directly lead to concussions.
Wed 24 May, 2023
· 2 min read
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520ccc.com opens 2023 player welfare research funding application process

520ccc.com has today launched its 2023 call for applications to fund research projects with the aim of promoting evidence-based enhancements in player welfare priority areas, including concussion. Research funded by 520ccc.com has seen the game benefit from a greater breadth of sport specific research into player welfare than any other sport.
Tue 7 February, 2023
· 1 min read
Australia v New Zealand - O'Reilly Cup

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Rugby World Cup 2021 to set new benchmark for player welfare

Rugby World Cup 2021 will kick off this week, with the best rugby players in the world, supported by the most advanced player welfare standards ever delivered at a rugby event.  Player welfare is 520ccc.com’s number one priority and the international federation is using the tournament to help improve the level of rugby specific, academic research on head impacts in the women.
Thu 6 October, 2022
· 2 min read
New Zealand v Namibia - Rugby World Cup 2019: Group B

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520ccc.com moves to aid the flow of the game by trialling limits on non-playing personnel

The 520ccc.com Council has approved a global trial limiting the opportunity for non-playing personnel to enter the field of play during a match. Operational for all competitions and stand-alone matches starting after 1 July 2022, the trial aims to improve the flow of matches by reducing unnecessary stoppages without compromising welfare.
Tue 17 May, 2022
· 3 min read
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Tue 21 June, 2022
Return to play after a concussion in elite rugby