Ireland captain Johnny Sexton collides with New Zealand's Sam Cane during the first Test in Auckland. Photograph: Michael Bradley/AFP via Getty ImagesWorld Rugby chief executive officer Alan Gilpin believes the handling of Johnny Sexton’s head injury assessment during Ireland’s first Test against New Zealand last month was a case of a situation being handled well by the Ireland medical team.
Gilpin said: “It was an incident which was actually misunderstood as Johnny came off with a HIA1, which is effectively a tool to try and understand whether he’s been concussed. In that case he actually passed HIA1, which means he wasn’t concussed.
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