Six Nations to review HIA protocol from France versus Ireland match

• Organisers look into use of head injury assessment system• SNRL ‘considering the next steps in respect of those incidents’Another Six Nations match in Paris, another breathtaking finish. And another game overshadowed by controversy regarding head injury assessment protocol. In March last year France snatched a dramatic victory against Wales under suspicion of the most cynical abuse of the HIA system; this time they succumbed to Ireland. To describe Johnny Sexton’s 45-metre drop goal through the insistent rain as dramatic would be to do it a disservice.Once again, though, questions were asked…

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