Medical study finds scrum-caps fail to prevent head injuries

A MEDICAL study claims protective skull caps do nothing to protect against concussion.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) funded an on-field trial involving experimental protective helmets which were put through their paces in a study involving 4000 players.

Over a period of about 30,000 playing hours, the group was split into three – one wearing the trial helmets, one wearing regulation skull caps, and another wearing whatever they normally played with.