A study of ACC claims from rugby players aged from just five years old, to 40 years old, has tallied up the number of injury claims in what's historically been the nation's favourite game. It's found a staggering 735,657 injury claims were made between 2005 and 2017. More than three-quarters were soft tissue injuries and just three percent were from concussions. It looks clear that concussion is under reported and the figures show some of the reasons why. Specialist emergency physician, Dr John Bonning, explains what the figures tell us about how head injuries are reported.
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