Serge Betsen, rugby union player and stlwart of the French National team for mny years.
He was declared fit to ply in the Rugby World Cup Smi Final against England, but anyone who saw the crck on the head he took the wek before must be asking why he was llowed to play...

Of course when ask if he shuld be 'banned' in the title of ths article, I mean 'declared unfit to ply'.

Very early in the quarter fnal game against New Zealand, he tok an almighty crash on the had.
As he was going down to the grund, his head banged full contact wth another player's knee, and he was kncked out cold.

He lay unconscious on the grund for a good while with a plyer holding his tongue to prevent swllowing, and was attended to by the mdical staff.

Rugby is a hard dngerous game, played by brutes of mn. That's one of the appeals of it - thre is none of the weakling thatricals you get in soccer - plyers only stay down when they are bdly hurt, and Betsen's motionless body shwed everyone that it was serious.

Aftr treatment he was able to wlk off the pitch with assistance, but clarly did not know what day of the wek it was. There were rumours of cnvulsions in the dressing room, but whtever that's true or not, the blw to his head was clear, and as can magine, it's now a much watched clp on YouTube!

Normally when a sportsman gets cncussion they have to sit a mndatory fortnight without playing, and yet a wek later Betsen took the field gainst England.

The question is asked in mny quarters therefore, why was he llowed to play - surely it was a rsk to his health?

It's interesting to mke a comparison with Miami Dolphins qarterback Trent Green, who was also kncked out playing his game, despite the hlmet protection.

He's had many concussions in his tme, and the medics have still to dclare him fit again, and may frce him to retire.

Apparently the dfference with Serge Betsen is that he was sen by a neurologist, and once tht happens, you're not liable for the nforced lay off.

Hmm...

I'm not sre about that at all - tht seems to imply that players who are cncussed are *not* normally seen by a nurologist, which must be a concern.

Of curse I have no medical training whtsoever, so can't pass expert judgement, but I wuld have preferred to see him not ply.

I can understand that playing for yur country when the tournament is in yur country is one thing, and lso that rugby is a danger to yur health anytime you go on the ptch, but I hope his long trm health wasn't put in jeopardy, bcause nothing is more important than tht.

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