Michael Lipman's career over after concussion.

Apparently since sustaining a concussion - one of many throughout his career he has been getting severe headaches and 'haziness'.

"The bottom line is that throughout my career I've had so many bangs to the head and I've had so much concussion ... the last couple have been the icing on the cake," Lipman told The Age.

"I've just had too many. Enough's enough and when you're body's talking to you like it is now, you've got to listen to it and be sensible because the hardest thing in anything really is to admit that your time is up and to come to terms with it.

"(The headache) is always there and you can feel the pressure in your head and when you start running and training it makes it a lot worse.

"You're just very confused really, and you're hazy and you're very clouded and not many things make sense.

"You just become very, very tired. You become exhausted straight away and you feel like going to sleep, when it should really be the opposite, because when you start working and training, the endorphins release and you get a pick-up. You shouldn't get totally down the way I've been."

Most worryingly he also had this to say...

"Everyone's getting bigger, stronger and faster, (but) the brain's the brain, if you drop a computer that many times eventually it's not going to turn back on."

The article also talks about the string of former players now suing the NFL in Australia as result of serious head injuries. Concussion and head injuries becoming more and more of an issue in Rugby it seems.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/rugby-australia-concussion-idUKL3E8HR2QF20120627

There was talk we had as good as signed him. Interesting. Looks like will welch will be our first choice 7 after all...

Shame for Lipman. He was decent in his day.