Plea for NZR to hand over documents for CTE case
A plea for NZ Rugby to hand over more than a-thousand documents relating to head trauma in the sport.
A joint inquest is set to examine the deaths of former players Shane Christie and Billy Guyton.
Post-mortems showed the men had the brain disease CTE, associated with repeated head knocks.
Coroner Ian Telford's ordered the rugby governing body to provide documents showing the extent of its concussion research, and records on the two men.
AUT sports performance professor Patria Hume told Heather du Plessis-Allan the coroner needs a full summary of the facts.
She says the coronial outcome provides recommendations for change, which people can implement.
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