SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It makes me indefinably dismal that Steve Thompson can't recall our Reality Cup win.

· Steve Thompson's determination of beginning stage dementia left me feeling upset 

· Players who are making a move over cerebrum harm in rugby have my full help 

· They are doing this for themselves yet in addition players past, present and future 

· It makes me extraordinarily miserable that Steve can't remember our Reality Cup win in 2003 

· Players should be secured - the choice must be removed from their hands 

I am disheartened and troubled to learn of the troublesome and no uncertainty alarming time Steve Thompson and his family are encountering. The idea that hits to the head he endured playing rugby might have added to this is unimaginably disturbing. 

The equivalent applies to the wide range of various players whose accounts we are starting to find out about and I wholeheartedly uphold the move they are making. 

I have consistently viewed myself as a player first, not a mentor, and the move they are making isn't only for themselves however players past, present and future. 

I can review an excessive number of events from my playing days in which players took blows with no blackout conventions set up. I was once so bewildered I failed to remember I was a player and sat down in the stands close by the allies. 

shocking gathering of players and Steve, a model proficient, was one such player. He took the situation of prostitute higher than ever as far as expertise, lineout execution and molding. He was the best whore on the planet when we showed up in Australia in 2003. 

Jonny Wilkinson's magnificent drop objective is viewed as the pivotal occasion yet everything began with Steve dispatching a 20-yard lineout toss under tension. That aided make Jonny's drop objective conceivable. 

It makes me indefinably tragic to discover that Steve can't recollect it — a great second that he buckled down for and executed so splendidly. 

I invest heavily in an extraordinary gathering of players, our astounding instructing group and a clinical group who I have no uncertainty were the best on the planet. 

Our central goal was to turn into the fittest group on earth and we urged the crew to get directly to the point with us with respect to their wellbeing. The surgeons additionally observed players intently in light of the fact that they are some of the time excessively courageous to their benefit. 

Dr Simon Kemp drove that group. I accept we were the main nation to make some full-memories qualified GP on our training list and he is driving the situation for head injury change in World Rugby.