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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

7 months

Absolutely blown away CONCUSSED has been shortlisted for this fantastic award. @BookiePrize

William Hill Sports Book Of The Year

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📢 #ICYMI the #WHSBOTY shortlist has been announced 📢 For the first time in our history, four of the six shortlisted books have been written by female authors. Here’s @WilliamHill ’s @leephelps with the all-important six-title shortlist.

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Sam Peters

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5 years

Shaun Edwards agrees to stay as Wales defence coach | Sport | The Sunday Times I understand Shaun Edwards has agreed to stay on as Wales defence coach. Will work with Byron Hayward in Wayne Pivac’s backroom team.

Shaun Edwards agrees to stay as Wales defence coach

Shaun Edwards is set to finalise a deal which will see him remain as Wales defence coach when Warren Gatland departs after the World Cup.The Sunday Times has learnt that the 52-year-old has rejected...

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Sam Peters

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5 years

If Piers Francis is a better rugby player than Danny Cipriani then I’m on Steve Diamond’s Christmas card list.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

10 months

England’a lawyer Richard Smith KC has done his job superbly and got his client off the hook. But at the same time 1000s more parents doubt if rugby is a sport which will look after their children’s health when they play. That is some price to pay for success.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Dear @WorldRugby How to scare off parents and reduce long-term participation in rugby. Lesson 1. Allow a tackle which fractures an opponents skull to go unpunished. The end.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

My first hand account of what happened between me and Steve Diamond in the Kingsholm press room yesterday.

Indy Sport

@IndySport

5 years

I knew Steve Diamond was a bully - and now I know for sure By @Sam_sportsnews

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

France’s Remi Grosso suffered a double skull fracture in an illegal double tackle by two All Blacks. No cards shown. A reminder rugby still has a long way to go.

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Sam Peters

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2 years

Well done to dad for getting letter published in the Times highlighting the scandalous failure of UK Govt to procure drug Evusheld, which would enable 500,000 immunosuppressed citizens of our country to lead vaguely normal lives again. @evusheld4theuk ⁩ ⁦ #evusheldfortheuk

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

233 dead in UK now. We are on precisely same trajectory as Italy and people still just going about life as normal. Sorry to swear but we won the World Wars because of fucking DISCIPLINE and INTEGRITY. Start showing some UK! Stay home and keep distance.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

9 months

The sooner rugby union moves away from the ludicrous notion professional players need to be “toughened up” in training during the week, the better. NFL virtually eradicated in season contact training a decade ago and has there game “gone soft”? Absolutely not.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 months

Cannot praise Immanuel Feyi-Waboso enough for having the awareness and moral courage to declare a concussion which will see him miss out on an England cap. Some will bemoan “the game going soft”. But this is what leadership and cultural change looks like. Well done young man.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Can’t fathom the Sun non story on Stokes at all. Zero public interest, zero public appetite. Just a gross invasion of privacy with no redeeming elements. Embarrassing for anyone associated with newspapers and an appalling intrusion for his family.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Thanks for concern (most). I can confirm an altercation took place between me and Steve Diamond after he ‘offered me out’ tonight. I’ll recount in full at right time. Safe to say more play school than old school from a man I consider to be nothing more than a narcissistic bully.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Steve Smith one-game ban for premeditated cheating. Salman Butt five year ban and prison sentence for premeditated cheating. Go figure.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Rob Baxter declines easy option of blaming referee for his side’s defeat and points finger at Exeter’s coaches and players. Why he’s in a different class to any other English DoR.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

Do the right thing ⁦ @pritipatel ⁩

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

@JuliaHB1 Well done. Institutionalised bullying of a child and simultaneous contempt for humanity’s greatest known threat. You’re beneath contempt.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

Rugby desperately needs media pundits without vested interests in whatever they are commenting on. So much conflicted commentary across so many of the big issues in the sport.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Just seen Steve Diamond described me as a “rogue journalist” in cosy non interview on BT Sport. Was described in same terms by many when I first reported on concussion 6 years ago. May have changed a few opinions on that front. Let’s see how this plays out.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

😂 thanks ⁦ @ExeterChiefs ⁩

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

10 months

Over the past decade or more I’ve tried hard to give the benefit of doubt to rugby’s administrators. Genuinely willing to believe they want to eradicate gratuitous head contact from the sport. But the Farrell verdict once again exposes a sport strong on narrative, weak on action.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

Great quote from @mrjamesob yesterday (paraphrased) “it’s not about being an optimist or a pessimist, it’s about being a realist”. The public deserve facts.

Henry Mance

@henrymance

4 years

and look at this from Ipsos Mori - by a margin of 43 to 28, the public thinks journalists are doing a good job of holding the government to account at its press conferences.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

This really is shocking. What advice has Cowan-Dickie been given about the effect on his long-term neurological health? A boxer would have been stood down for 60 days.

Kyran Bracken

@KyranBracken

3 years

Luke is unconscious for over 20 seconds. Possibly 40-60 secs. How can he play the following week? I am absolutely disgusted that the powers that be allow this to happen. A stain on our great game. @premrugby @EnglandRugby @WorldRugby

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

World Rugby wants zero tolerance re head contact via high tackles but ‘moderate’ head butt ok because player was held. Kerevi recent assault on Halfpenny also unpunished. And we wonder why rugby’s in chaos...

Thistle Scottish Rugby Podcast

@thistlerugbypod

6 years

World rugby: protecting the player’s head is our no.1 priority Also World rugby: this is fine

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

Probably shouldn’t be surprised but Martin Johnson and Sam Warburton are outstanding TV studio pundits. Jamie Roberts also good. Brilliant post match analysis.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

If rugby union is prepared to tolerate young men in their 30s and 40s developing terminal neurodegenerative conditions as a result of participating in the game it truly is finished. Waiting 10 years for a conflicted governing to fund and puppeteer some research is simply not ok.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Christian Wade. The same size as Rory Underwood, Jason Robinson and Shane Williams but deemed too small for England in the modern age. What a shocking waste....

Indy Sport

@IndySport

6 years

Christian Wade's decision to quit proves rugby is no longer the sport for all shapes and sizes in England By @Sam_sportsnews

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

For the record I thought Kyle Sinckler was absolutely magnificent today. Two silly penalties as he tired only slightly blotted copybook. Apart from that he was a force of nature.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

Having experienced it myself, I’m very sorry to hear the abuse @Tommo33s received after declaring he had dementia caused by repeated head injuries. None of those abusers can hold a candle to Steve as a man or rugby player. Bring it on. We won’t stop telling the truth.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Saracens say salary cap sanctions are “heavy handed”. They should talk to @RichmondFC1861 Effectively relegated 9 divisions by the RFU after going into administration in 1999. Now that’s heavy handed.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Strongly suspect that in Farrell, Tuilagi and Slade England have stumbled upon their World Cup starting midfield.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

Many are paid to obfuscate, deny and shield pro rugby union. But the undeniable truth is that the game was never designed to be played by players this big, so frequently. Anyone who has watched the sport evolve over past 2.5 decades knows this, deep down. If they are honest.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Red every time. And hopefully a ban. Garces absolutely on the money.

Fox Rugby

@FOXRUGBY

5 years

This doesn't look good for Scott Barrett. 😬😬😬 Fox Sports has uncovered fresh angles of his horror hit on Michael Hooper.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Ridiculous from Greenwood. Garces implementing laws, not hiding behind them.

Peter Jackson

@JackoRugby

5 years

Rugby players know the score: shoulder/forearm to head/neck = red card. Scott Barrett got what he deserved. Jerome Garces ought to be applauded for enforcing the law instead of being criticised. Will Greenwood @SkySportsRugby accuses him of 'hiding behind the laws.' What?

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

1 year

Don’t care about Eddie Jones’ record He was a narcissistic bully who burnt out and scarred many who worked with him. Horrible bloke. Good riddance. English rugby can do better.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

Losing followers because of #StayHome tweets. Don’t care. Same happened with concussion. The penny will drop. Stay home!

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

1 year

Everyone ok with George North being knocked unconscious and playing on yesterday⁦⁦⁩? At least the 4th time this has happened in a televised game since 2014. Rugby has run out of excuses for getting this so wrong, so often.

North's Wales return questioned after 'he can't come back on pitch' claim

The Wales centre was hit with a high tackle in the first half that saw him depart for a HIA, but he later returned

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

Whenever I’ve dealt with Geoffrey Boycott I’ve found him to be a nasty, misogynistic, xenophobic, sociopathic bully. Apart from that he’ll be a great loss to cricket and TMS and I wish him well.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Revolutionary idea to stop endless fights over player release: Unions, stop playing Tests outside Test window.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

When all professional rugby coaches and S&C staff wake up to fact these blokes don’t need to smash 7 bells out of each other week-in-week-out in training, the sport will begin to progress.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

As a journalist it’s the fawning giggling from others in room when Trump attempts to belittle reporter which grates with me almost as much as his rhetoric.

Arlen Parsa

@arlenparsa

6 years

I can't believe this just happened. This is a president who is rapidly unraveling.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Boycott’s comments on Rashid reveal far more about Boycott than Rashid. The man (Boycott) is a loathsome, bullying dinosaur who abuses his status to cruel effect. I hope Rashid takes 10-for.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

I really like Gareth Southgate but he’s wrong to effectively ask accredited media ‘are you with us or against us?’ The answer should be ‘neither’.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

The most complete England performance of the professional era, surely?

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

No sympathy for Saracens’ top brass for their Premiership relegation but would absolutely love it if the club went on to win the Champions Cup in same season. Players, fans and backroom staff deserve some cheer.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Fantastic work from Gloucester’s medics. In a brutally physical sport, so important players knows docs have their backs.

Rugby on TNT Sports

@rugbyontnt

5 years

This is brilliant work from the medics 👏 They rush on to stop Will Heinz trying to carry on the game after suffering a clear concussion. Outstanding response time and the correct decision.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Tweet 2 of 2: I’m incredibly grateful for all the support I have received in what has been a difficult 48 hours. I hope Diamond will think twice before attempting to intimidate journalists in the future.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Billy Vunipola said he was rushed back after last broken arm, complained of pain in arm after Quins win last week. Now diagnosed with broken arm after Glasgow. 12 weeks out. Madness.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

This is journalism @EmmaVardyTV

Emma Vardy

@EmmaVardyTV

5 years

Police say the group known as ‘Saoradh’ are the political voice of the New IRA. They’ve been the focus of a backlash in Northern Ireland following Lyra McKee’s death. A clip from our piece on @BBCNews tonight

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Don’t think there’s another serious professional sport where participants risk so much for such little reward. Pro rugby players deserve every penny they earn.

RugbyInsideLine

@RugbyInsideLine

5 years

DISCUSSION: Are players being paid too much?

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

Perhaps the easiest myth to debunk re concussion is notion (parroted by many ex players) players “knew what they were signing up for”. Show me one shred of evidence pro rugby players have ever been advised they were or are at a higher risk of developing early onset dementia.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Lots of machismo from current and ex players re rugby’s gone soft nonsense. It’s patently and demonstrably untrue but don’t let that get in the way of being seen to be a tough guy.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

The game we all love? Where head shots routinely went unpunished and an entire generation of players was unnecessarily exposed to long term risk of dementia. No thanks.

Stephen Ferris

@StephenFerris6

3 years

Rugby is turning into a farce. Please give us back the game we all love...

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

As Japan is vilified for suffering a typhoon I’m trying to recall the country which recently staged a severely weather-affected World Cup in another major sport.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

And there in technicolour madness is football’s approach to concussion. As a Spurs fan I am utterly disgusted Vertonghen was allowed to play on. And we wonder why so many ex proa are dying with early onset dementia.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

I’ve long since concluded the only way to halt pro rugby administrators dangerously short-sighted obsession with more and more matches is for top stars to collectively withdraw labour. Will take tenacity, leadership and bravery. Typical qualities of any rugby player.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

England’s passing on the whole has been inaccurate and unsympathetic. We obsess so much about winning collisions and dominating tackles to the detriment of rugby’s single most important skill: passing the ball.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

9 months

A very proud day as Concussed hits the shelves today. One person above all else helped make this book happen; my dad, Roy, who supported me on every step of a long and occasionally tortuous journey. RIP, dad. I’ll miss you. Thank you.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

11 months

Delighted and unashamedly quite proud of how my new book Concussed; Sports Uncomfortable Truth looks. Available to pre order now and on general sale Sept 1.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Genuine question. Is Farrell missing 4 kicks from 4 enough evidence to suspect concussion and therefore undergo HIA? Didn’t spot any signs immediately post Lavanini.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

And on and on it goes. Rugby medics still unaccountable 10 years after claiming ‘honest, we didn’t know consequences’. The lies are stacking up.

Jack Murray

@mediamurray

2 years

Let’s be honest mens test Rugby is totally fucked - a brain trauma machine . When will someone shout stop. Nick White WTF? Couldn’t stand and he’s brought back on. #irelandrugby

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

So the message is: fracture an opponent’s skull in a tackle and expect a slapped wrist in return. Wholly inadequate response from ⁦ @WorldRugby ⁩ sees sport take several steps backwards.

Disciplinary update: New Zealand v France, 9 June | World Rugby

Ofa Tu’ungafasi has received a Citing Commissioner Warning from independent Citing Commissioner Freek Burger for a breach of Law 9.13 during the 59th minute of the New Zealand versus France match at...

www.world.rugby

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Is there a more unhelpful claim than ‘rugby’s gone soft’ as we seek means to reduce concussions? Knuckle dragging nonsense. Let’s move on.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

7 years

After 15 years on the beat and 4 years at the Mail on Sunday, I've resigned as rugby correspondent to spend summer with my new daughter.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

England are a busted flush under Eddie Jones. Time to roll the dice and bring in new management ahead of the World Cup.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 months

A very small handful of ex players are privileged enough to earn a living in the media. They are commercially conflicted and most will inevitably align with governing bodies to safeguard future earnings. PR is not journalism.

Andy Goode

@AndyGoode10

6 months

The litigation case has gone to court against the RFU, WRU & World Rugby today. It’s sad to hear some of the stories but I think it’s crazy to blame and sue those bodies, especially with some of those people on the list and using ambulance chasing lawyers on a no win no fee basis

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Huge credit to Wales medics for spotting Moriarty's head injury. Very few inside stadium spotted it but replays showed he was clearly lurching. Good call.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Sorry but that wasn’t even a difficult decision for Peyper. Yellow card and penalty try all day long against Farrell. Shocker.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

I’d suggest Quins of all clubs should resist climbing upon the moral high horse.

Charlie Morgan

@CharlieFelix

5 years

Chris Robshaw as fired-up as he gets on Saracens’ “cheating”, how salary cap breach has made English rugby union “dirty” and how it even contributed to Conor O’Shea leaving Harlequins in 2016.

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Sam Peters

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3 years

Sports administrators may have been able to sweep a cohort of ex players presenting with early onset dementia in their 60/70s (football) under carpet but a cohort of players presenting with dementia in their 40s (rugby union) will be a very different proposition.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

😂 let it go ⁦ @jameshaskell ⁩

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Hate to see that from the sneering Rudolph Snyman. Patting AWJ after knock on. Not fit to lace the great man’s boots...

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Pathetic interview from Ben Youngs on @SkySportsRugby just now. He’s better than that and will regret it. Symptomatic of England losing the plot.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Grosso fuming at World Rugby’s handling of his double skull fracture. Believes one rule for All Blacks and one rule for others. Hard to argue on evidence of this sorry case.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Mbonambi incident highlights progress rugby has made in addressing concussion. Player desperate to stay on. Medics empowered to say “no way”.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

Oh, so THAT’S what a grade 4 hamstring tear looks/feels like…

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

‘When Warner is banned there will not be a single tear shed for him by anyone at Cricket Australia. Many of those in high office cannot stand him.’ Ouch.

Cricket Australia is sick of Warner’s b******t

THE question is no longer whether David Warner deserves to be banned. It is whether he deserves to come back.

www.couriermail.com.au

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

I’ve heard some tough testimonies from players suffering post concussion symptoms over past few years but this still stopped me in my tracks.

FOX SPORTS News

@FOXSportsNews

5 years

Former Wallaby Anthony Fainga'a explains why concussion-related issues have forced him to announce his retirement from #rugby .

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Sam Peters

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4 years

If you're a rugby fan, which I am, it's an uncomfortable truth to admit the short, medium and long-term damage done to pro players in training and on match-days. The fact those match-days are now scheduled twice weekly is, and I use this word advisedly, criminal.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

What a brilliant ‘not out’ call by Paul Reiffel. Santner looked stone dead. No review. Pitched outside leg by less than a centimetre. Amazing umpiring.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Remember all the claptrap from Premier Rugby about protecting player welfare and not forcing through an extended season...

Will Kelleher

@willgkelleher

5 years

So today we've had confirmation that the Premiership Rugby Final will take place on June 20, 2020... ... That is almost an entire year after some clubs started pre-season. And then in July, there will be Test tours. #13monthseason #playerwelfare #PremRugby #rugby

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

The ex-ping pong star speaks. And yet again we wish he hadn’t.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

6 years

Sale alleging (apparently) I wasn’t at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday. It’s a fair cop. I just took a day trip to Stockport/Salford to see the Cathedral.

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Sam Peters

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6 years

Very strong and overwhelmingly supportive response to this piece about the scandalous decision to extend English Premiership season by a month. A truly dreadful outcome for professional players in England.

In English rugby, the lions are being led by the donkeys

How can extending the season possibly be in the players' best interests? Flogged to the limit already, it is a dereliction of the RPA’s duty to allow these changes to have been driven through

www.independent.co.uk

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

@JuliaHB1 @Arron_banks When Julia Hartley-Brewer acts as your moral compass, truly you have arrived at the world's top table of c*nts.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Tweet 1 of 2 After consulting friends, colleagues and above all my family, I have decided not to pursue this matter further. I have made clear my thoughts on Steve Diamond and what I believe to be his persistent bullying behaviour, but have no interest in dragging out the issue.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Huge question for rugby and @Nabasboer do we celebrate seeing a child smashed head first into rock hard ground or search for ways to avoid? For what it’s worth, watching this makes me physically sick.

Jacques Burger

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Sam Peters

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10 years

Fijian born Rockoduguni has served 7 years in British Army. 6-month tour of Helmand. Some question his right to wear England shirt...

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

The “rugby’s gone soft” line is as polarising and unhelpful as “let’s ban tackling in schools”. Neither helps what is a serious conversation about improving safety in a sport which has changed beyond recognition in past 2 decades.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

3 years

When did rugby shift from being a contact sport to a collision sport? Finding a way to dissipate collision forces + reversing confrontational trend key to improving spectacle and, more importantly, making rugby safer. Blanket ban on contact in schools not the answer in my view.

Guardian sport

@guardian_sport

3 years

Dementia link leads to calls for collision rugby to be banned in schools. Story: @matthew_weaver

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Could I also give a shout out to @BristolBears stadium announcer. Calm, measured with none of the hyperbolic screaming nonsense we’ve been forced to accept at so many rugby grounds. More power to you!

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Sam Peters

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6 years

My piece on Steve Diamond’s authoritarian grip on Sale and the unhealthy lack of scrutiny rattled some cages yesterday. Am told there could be changes afoot today.

As Sale struggle for form, Steve Diamond continues to look out of touch with the modern game

Diamond, in many ways the embodiment of rugby’s 'old school', was his usual brooding self after Sales' defeat by Wasps on Saturday

www.independent.co.uk

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

2 years

Desperate news about Ed Slater, who has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. A cruel illness afflicting too many professional rugby players.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Saracens statement on club website states long standing director Nick Leslau is standing down to “focus his time on new initiatives”. This is, to say the least, interesting timing.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

9 years

Wales medical team hammered for their mishandling of North concussion in Feb. They deserve huge credit for v tough call on Biggar today.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

5 years

Don’t understand why Saracens standing Owen Farrell down to be with his wife as she gives birth is worthy of praise or criticism. Employer grants employee paternity leave. Most importantly, hope mother and baby are well.

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@PlantedSam

6 years

How many times will England coaches pick Cipriani on bench as token gesture then refuse to use him? Such a wasted talent.

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

Anyone else panic planting? So far I’ve put in 86 seed potatoes, 18 broad bean seeds, 12 plum tomato, 18 courgette (up 12 from 2019!), 12 runner bean and 24 beetroot. Believe me guys, it’s the future!

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

4 years

Commercial airline pilots around the UK please rest well tonight and accept the gratitude of all of us you got down safely today. Major respect!

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Sam Peters

@PlantedSam

7 years

Penny for Joe Launchbury's thoughts after watching Henderson and AW Jones in Lions opening game. Scandalous he wasn't picked.

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