"Do not play with the health of our players"

"As a player, my first big KO was in 2004, Jackman told in Midi Olympique. The shock was so terrible that I spent three weeks lying in my room, the shutters closed. On my last seasons, a small blow to the head was enough to touch me. During my last three seasons I have accumulated twenty concussions. At that time, the first studies had just fallen, and we did not take this issue seriously. If you said you did not want to play because you had a knockout, you were not hard ... But in 2010, my medical examinations were such that doctors did not want me to do additional season. "

This experience is important for him as a coach: "At Grenoble, it is clear: if we detect a slightest suspicion, the player does not return to the field. In Pau last year, we identified five concussions in one game, and we finished with 13 players. But if that was the price to pay for not playing with the health of our players, I do not regret it. "