An independent survey by the Irish Rugby Union Players' Assoacition has revealed an alarming drop in medical care as well as some other worrying trends, writes the Irish Times' Gerry Thornley.
"Furthermore, nearly one in four players also expressed unhappiness with a surgeon or specialist they had been referred to, with the added feeling that the leading players were given preferential treatment. Although a degree of dissatisfaction was to be expected, some of the responses alarmed the IRUPA chief executive Niall Woods.
"The survey is given added credibility due to the high response, almost 75 per cent, of the 150 or so members of IRUPA on either international, provincial or development contracts (academy players were not included). Furthermore, the confidential survey was conducted independently by BDO consultants in Limerick (part of a global chain of chartered accountants), throughout all four provinces in May last year.
"The most striking area where there were problems, which I had been receiving calls on anecdotally throughout last season was the medical area, and the drop in standard of care that the players felt there had been,” explains Woods. “This was backed up then by the stats in the survey."
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