Leinster veteran Hayden Triggs opens up on ‘scary’ concussion dangers

Leinster’s Hayden Triggs is no household name, but the veteran Kiwi lock gave an interview yesterday that should grab everyone’s attention when admitting he is “scared” by the spike in concussions and other injuries in modern rugby.

It was a startling admission from the former New Zealand Army mechanic who, at 6’ 7”, well over 100kgs and with 14 years of top-level rugby under his belt with four Super Rugby franchises, Leinster and the Maori All Blacks, hardly qualifies as a man who would frighten easily.

And the 33-year-old also made some pointed observations about the culture of northern hemisphere rugby, bemoaning a focus on big hits rather than skills needed to avoid collisions.