Player Welfare Medical Committee

Player Welfare Medical Committee

Player Welfare Medical Committee Strategy & Structure

Vision

The Asia Rugby PWMC will be the leader in the area of player welfare and medical for the rugby unions and the rugby competitions held in Asia.

Mission

To facilitate the sharing and implementation of medical, science and best practice resources relating to rugby player welfare while ensuring integrity throughout this process.

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Player welfare 
2019-PlayerWelfare-HighTackleDecision-ENG 07 PDF File
Asia Rugby Return To Rugby Roadmap from COVID19 PDF File

BACKGROUND
Player Welfare Medical Committee originally known as the Asia Rugby Medical Committee (MedCom) was established in 2013 when medical representatives from Asia Rugby joined together during the WR Medical Commission Conference to share ideas and resources. Since then it has developed and expanded and currently has 12 members actively engaged in working groups under the guidance of a Chief Medical Officer. In 2017 it was renamed as Asia Rugby Player Welfare and Medical Committee (AR PW & MedCom) to reflect the broader scope of cover which includes safeguarding.

STRATEGY
In order to achieve our recently revised Vision and Mission statements PW & MedCom plans to introduce a governance system with the following key steps;

1. Asia Rugby area is divided into 5 regions in line with the Olympic Asian region recommendations i.e. Central, West, East, South and South-East.
2.  Each region has a PW & MedCom member elected as Player Welfare & Medical lead.
3. These 5 regional leaders are responsible for communicating with each individual Rugby Union player welfare representative (e.g. CMO, Medical Manager or other) within their region to facilitate the sharing of resources and expertise, especially Training & Education
4. Regional leaders will then work with individual Unions to prepare a Training & Education (T & E) plan in line with the AR tournament calendar Training and Education Calendar 2024
5. The T & E plan will then be discussed with other regional leaders to prepare a consolidated regional plan.
6. Unions requiring support to host tournaments will also be identified and assisted. Where possible, T & E sessions will be arranged around a tournament or WR Superweek.
7. Research WG is making a study design regarding the concussion and the spinal concussion in Asia Rugby tournament.

AR PWMC Members

Resources

Sport Concussion Assessment Tool    SCAT 6

WR Programmes

1. Rugby Ready – https://passport.world.rugby/injury-prevention-and-risk-management/rugby-ready/
2. Activate Programme – https://passport.world.rugby/injury-prevention-and-risk-management/activate-programme/
3. Tackle Ready – https://passport.world.rugby/injury-prevention-and-risk-management/tackle-ready/
4. Breakdown Ready – https://passport.world.rugby/injury-prevention-and-risk-management/breakdown-ready/