Ben Marshall forced to retire from rugby, aged 26

He’s another Irish-based player to have retired on medical advice over concussion since 2010.

Connacht’s Ben Marshall has been forced to retire from professional rugby due to a concussion injury, writes Stephen Barry.

The 26-year-old second-row played 20 times in five years at Leinster, before joining Connacht in May 2015. Since then, he played five games for the westerners and three more with an Emerging Ireland side. He was also part of an Ireland XV that took on the Barbarians in 2015.