European Champions Cup takes new steps to combat concussion

• Player welfare advisory group will ensure clubs follow protocols• ‘We are sleepwalking into a problem,’ says EPCR chairmanEuropean Champions Cup organisers have set up a player welfare advisory group to ensure clubs follow the concussion protocols laid down by World Rugby and will punish any who do not.The move comes after the former Clermont Auvergne second-row Jamie Cudmore launched a legal action against the club. Cudmore claims the French side allowed him to play on when he suffered a serious head injury during the Champions Cup semi-final against Saracens in 2015 and did so again two we…