Investigation · Australia
What Should Rugby Australia Be Measuring?
A question to a governing body, not a replacement for it.
Rugby Sentinel · 2026-09-08 · 6 min read
This investigation is commissioned. The question is live. The numbers are not invented while we wait for sources.
A question to a governing body, not a replacement for it.
What would count as evidence
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Evidence behind this story
Sources, datasets, confidence, methods and related Sentinel indicators. This is a trust feature, not a bibliography dumped at the end.
Sources
- Rugby Australia / Rugby Xplorer registration extractsOfficial governing bodyDataset pending
No verified extract is connected. Adapter reserved. Missing data is itself a Sentinel signal.
- Peer-reviewed rugby brain-health and concussion literature (monitor)Peer-reviewed researchDataset pending
The research monitor is a schema. Individual study cards are added only after citation-level review. Association is not treated as causation.
Methods
- Observation record
Every metric is a dated observation with unit, geography, source, method, coverage and confidence.
- Exposure-normalised concussion reporting
Default unit is suspected or confirmed concussion per 1,000 player-hours, not raw counts.