Concussion in sport: brain disease found in two former NRL players

  • Study conducted on brains donated by ex-professionals
  • Disease can often lead to depression and other issues

A disease linked to repeated concussions in American sport has been found in the brains of two former Australian rugby league players. The discovery is the first time chronic traumatic encephalopathy – or CTE – has been identified in an NRL athlete.

CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in former players of American football, ice hockey, football, rugby union and others exposed to repeated head injury.

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