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YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 WORLD RUGBY 81CONCUSSION APPThe World Rugby Player Welfare website provides in-depth concussion management protocols for doctors, healthcare professionals and match-day medical staff. In addition to this it also provides the general public and participants of the game with information on how to recognise concussion and what to do if GOGGLES 26 578 271ARTIFICIAL TURFWith the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series set to use rugby turf in both Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas and BC Place in Vancouver for rounds five and six of the men’s series in March, this puts rugby turf on an international stage promoting its use at the highest levels of the game. World Rugby Preferred Turf Producers Act Global, Edel Grass, FieldTurf Tarkett, Greenfields, Limonta, Polytan and SIS now have 252 rugby turf installations collectively. Many of these pitches are also used for other sports outside of rugby, including rugby league, association football, Gaelic football and hurling, American football and Australian Rules football. there is a suspected concussion. To complement this World Rugby has launched its Concussion Management App which, while being educational, provides users with an opportunity to test their knowledge around concussion and challenge their friends to do the same via Twitter and Facebook using #RecogniseAndRemove. unions participating eligible participantsactual participantsLEFTRugby sevens will be played on an artificial surface at BC Place in VancouverFor more information, visit the World Rugby Player Welfare website: www.playerwelfare.worldrugby.orgRESEARCH CORNER | INSPIRING PARTICIPATION