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Paul Abbandonato

Campaign group release strongly-worded statement calling for players to miss matches following Ryan Jones dementia news

A leading campaign group has warned rugby stars should start missing games in order to protect them from 'brutal' long-term brain injuries.

Their message was delivered following the news that former Wales Grand Slam winning captain and Lions star Ryan Jones has early-onset dementia,.

Jones, aged 41 and capped 75 times by Wales, revealed he had received the diagnosis of probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in December last year.

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