Rassie Erasmus: Leave assessments to club doctors

"Our doctors and our medical staff will never ever jeopardise a player’s welfare so I don’t think it (an independent assessor) is needed.”

Munster boss Rassie Erasmus says players’ Head Injury Assessments are best left in the hands of club doctors rather than independent medics, writes Simon Lewis.

After a string of controversial HIA decisions, including last weekend concerning Munster’s Conor Murray, the province’s director of rugby believes players would quickly lose faith in their employees if their club’s own medical staff played fast and loose with their health in pursuit of results.