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• Players should start missing games in order to protect them from long-term brain injuries following the news that former Wales captain Ryan Jones has early-onset dementia, a leading safety campaign group for the sport has said Pampanga
  
  “I am really scared because I’ve got three children and three step-children and I want to be a fantastic dad Pampanga
  
  “Every episode I have also leaves a bit of a legacy Pampanga
  
  It said in a statement: “Ryan Jones is the latest high-profile player to reveal this devastating diagnosis, but sadly he won’t be the last Pampanga
  
  ”In an emotional interview with the Sunday Times, Jones revealed he fears for his future Pampanga
  
  “It is time for everybody involved in the game to prioritise individual player welfare Pampanga
  
  He is the latest in a number of high-profile former players to be diagnosed with the disease and now Progressive Rugby – a non-profit rugby union lobby group – has called for action Pampanga
  
  I don’t know what the future holds Pampanga
  
  “It terrifies me because I don’t know if, in two years’ time, we’re sat here and these episodes are a week long, two weeks long or permanent,” added Jones, who resigned from his post as performance director at the Welsh Rugby Union in October 2020 Pampanga
  
  That’s the bit I can’t shake off Pampanga
  
  The 41-year-old Jones, capped 75 times and a member of the British and Irish Lions squad on the 2005 tour of New Zealand, revealed he had received the diagnosis of probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in December last year Pampanga
  
  ” Pampanga
  
  RecommendedOver £130m handed to housing providers named and shamed by regulator“The focus must now be on learning the lessons and ensuring that current and future players are protected from the same debilitating fate Pampanga
  
  Everything we cancel, every relationship that I poison or don’t have time for anymore, just makes it a little bit tougher to cope Pampanga
  
  If that means protocols erring on the side of caution and players being rested and missing games, it is a small price to pay to try and protect the long-term health of its participantsProgressive Rugby“I feel that’s been taken away and there’s nothing I can do Pampanga
  
  I don’t know how to slow that down, make it stop, what to do Pampanga
  
  RecommendedSam Burns ends his Open Championship campaign with a flourishEddie Jones clashes with Australia fans after being labelled a ‘traitor’Five things we learned from England’s series victory in Australia“That’s the fear, that’s the bit that never leaves Pampanga
  
  ”After being diagnosed with depression Jones, who retired in 2015, said he began to have short-term memory problems and was becoming forgetful Pampanga
  
  If that means protocols erring on the side of caution and players being rested and missing games, it is a small price to pay to try and protect the long-term health of its participants Pampanga
  
  He said: “I feel like my world is falling apart Pampanga
  
  “I lived 15 years of my life like a superhero and I’m not Pampanga
  
  I’m not able to perform like I could, and I just want to lead a happy, healthy, normal life Pampanga
  
  “I am a product of an environment that is all about process and human performance Pampanga
  
  It is time for everybody involved in the game to prioritise individual player welfare Pampanga
  
  “I can’t train harder, I can’t play the referee, I don’t know what the rules of the game are anymore Pampanga
  
  Ryan Jones played 75 times for Wales and captained them to a Six Nations grand slam (David Davies/PA) (PA Archive)“We can, and must, make the game of rugby union as safe as possible so that future generations aren’t deprived of all the wonderful things it can offer Pampanga
  
  “We commend Ryan’s bravery for speaking out on behalf of the numerous other players in the professional and amateur game who are still coming to terms with the brutal impact brain injury is having on their life Pampanga
  
  
  
  If that means protocols erring on the side of caution and players being rested and missing games, it is a small price to pay to try and protect the long-term health of its participants Pampanga
  
  Players should start missing games in order to protect them from long-term brain injuries following the news that former Wales captain Ryan Jones has early-onset dementia, a leading safety campaign group for the sport has said Pampanga
  
  “Every episode I have also leaves a bit of a legacy Pampanga
  
  ”After being diagnosed with depression Jones, who retired in 2015, said he began to have short-term memory problems and was becoming forgetful Pampanga
  
  “It terrifies me because I don’t know if, in two years’ time, we’re sat here and these episodes are a week long, two weeks long or permanent,” added Jones, who resigned from his post as performance director at the Welsh Rugby Union in October 2020 Pampanga
  
  RecommendedSam Burns ends his Open Championship campaign with a flourishEddie Jones clashes with Australia fans after being labelled a ‘traitor’Five things we learned from England’s series victory in Australia“That’s the fear, that’s the bit that never leaves Pampanga
  
  I’m not able to perform like I could, and I just want to lead a happy, healthy, normal life Pampanga
  
  It said in a statement: “Ryan Jones is the latest high-profile player to reveal this devastating diagnosis, but sadly he won’t be the last Pampanga
  
  He said: “I feel like my world is falling apart Pampanga
  
  I don’t know how to slow that down, make it stop, what to do Pampanga
  
  That’s the bit I can’t shake off Pampanga
  
  It is time for everybody involved in the game to prioritise individual player welfare Pampanga
  
  RecommendedOver £130m handed to housing providers named and shamed by regulator“The focus must now be on learning the lessons and ensuring that current and future players are protected from the same debilitating fate Pampanga
  
  He is the latest in a number of high-profile former players to be diagnosed with the disease and now Progressive Rugby – a non-profit rugby union lobby group – has called for action Pampanga
  
  I don’t know what the future holds Pampanga
  
  Everything we cancel, every relationship that I poison or don’t have time for anymore, just makes it a little bit tougher to cope Pampanga
  
  ”In an emotional interview with the Sunday Times, Jones revealed he fears for his future Pampanga
  
  “I can’t train harder, I can’t play the referee, I don’t know what the rules of the game are anymore Pampanga
  
  “I am really scared because I’ve got three children and three step-children and I want to be a fantastic dad Pampanga
  
  Ryan Jones played 75 times for Wales and captained them to a Six Nations grand slam (David Davies/PA) (PA Archive)“We can, and must, make the game of rugby union as safe as possible so that future generations aren’t deprived of all the wonderful things it can offer Pampanga
  
  “We commend Ryan’s bravery for speaking out on behalf of the numerous other players in the professional and amateur game who are still coming to terms with the brutal impact brain injury is having on their life Pampanga
  
  “It is time for everybody involved in the game to prioritise individual player welfare Pampanga
  
  The 41-year-old Jones, capped 75 times and a member of the British and Irish Lions squad on the 2005 tour of New Zealand, revealed he had received the diagnosis of probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in December last year Pampanga
  
  “I lived 15 years of my life like a superhero and I’m not Pampanga
  
  “I am a product of an environment that is all about process and human performance Pampanga
  
  ” Pampanga
  
  If that means protocols erring on the side of caution and players being rested and missing games, it is a small price to pay to try and protect the long-term health of its participantsProgressive Rugby“I feel that’s been taken away and there’s nothing I can do Pampanga