why the brand new related mouthguard doesn’t attraction to the Blues | EUROtoday

However, athletes don’t appear satisfied by this new machine developed by the American start-up Prevent Biometrics, able to transmitting real-time alerts to medical doctors within the occasion of a major shock or violent jolt. “It's a little difficult to get used to. They are a little bigger (than the usual mouthguards, editor's note). There is a slightly large flea in the mouth. But you have to get used to it…,” mentioned second-row Romain Taofifenua to TF1.

“A bit of a shame”

“It’s a bit of a shame that we’re forced to wear them,” regrets striker Thomas Ramos. “Something is being imposed on us, it’s a shame. I would have preferred that we offered it to volunteers.” “It’s tailor-made, they took our fingerprints but some have habits, mouthguards that go to the back of the mouth, others don’t, some don’t wear them,” he continues to TF1 .

Fabien Galthié's males will, nonetheless, should get used to it. “Scientific studies and expert advice tell us one thing: the need to reduce the impact players experience on their heads at all levels of rugby. This is exactly what we are doing,” mentioned World Rugby’s chief medical officer, Eanna Falvey, when the generalization of the system was made official.