North praise for medical staff

28 February 2015The juggernaut wing twice took knocks to his head during Wales' deflating defeat against RBS 6 Nations opponents England.

On the second occasion, following a sickening clash of heads with team-mate Richard Hibbard, North appeared to momentarily lose consciousness as he crashed to the Millennium Stadium turf in front of a 74,500 crowd.

He played on for the final 19 minutes, although Welsh Rugby Union medical manager Prav Mathema subsequently admitted that had the second incident been seen by medics then North would have been immediately taken off and replaced.…