A Leicestershire-based company called Hedkayse, who initially specialised in cycling helmets, have designed a rugby headguard that, according to data ratified by Imperial College, London, reduces the force of direct head impacts by up to 85%.

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    7 months ago

    I immediately dislike how much digging through their site it takes to see it on a real human head, https://www.hedkayse.com/#_

    Makes me suspicious that it looks super awful or that it’s not a finished design.

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    7 months ago

    No pictures?

    Sounds like an actual helmet to me, which nobody should want in rugby

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        7 months ago

        Dislike. But interested to see how it does get on. Scrumcap with extra padding essentially

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          7 months ago

          But the question is, do we dislike it more than we dislike chronic traumatic encepholopathy and early onset dementia?

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            7 months ago

            I question the effectiveness first. If it does work, no one can argue