Ex-Scotland international Doddie Weir is among those to have been diagnosed with MND.
(Picture: PA)Rugby officials have been called upon to cut back on competitive games after research found elite rugby players had a risk of developing motor neurone disease that was 15 times higher than the general population.
The research compared 412 Scotland international players born between 1900 to 1990 with 1,200 members of the population and also found the rugby players were twice as likely to get dementia and three times more at risk of Parkinson’s disease.
