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Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie believes the investigation into the latest concussion to have seen George North stood down from play could prove a landmark moment in dealing with head trauma.Premiership Rugby and the RFU are investigating how North was allowed to return to play in Northamptons defeat at Leicester on December 3, passing a head injury assessment despite appearing to have been knocked out.The Wales wing will not return to action until he has undergone further neurological tests, but Northampton insist he did not fall unconscious and have since said they did not have pitchside access to all camera angles when examining the incident.The findings of the investigation are expected to be announced on Friday and Ritchie has promised transparency.Well you would hope so (that it will be a landmark case). I dont want to magnify a situation about one individual case, but its the right opportunity to see if there are broader lessons and principles that could be learnt, Ritchie said. Absolutely we need to look at the process and the laws and regulations around what happens.Concussion is undoubtedly one of the challenges of the game and we need to address it.If there are learnings that come out of this then we will be sharing them with World Rugby as well.I think we have to be pretty transparent about what the facts are. I cant see how we cant publish things around the review.Once the investigation has been completed, a decision will be made on whether Northampton should be disciplined.I certainly wouldnt agree with doing something on a PR-smoothing basis because this is an issue that needs addressing, Ritchie said. If it needs something to be put forward (disciplinary) then that is something that should happen in my view.Ritchie insists vigilance must dictate rugbys approach to safeguarding following the child abuse investigations to have hit football.Vigilance is the word. We have hundreds of thousands of children playing rugby on the weekend, Ritchie said. We have a centralised safeguarding unit and weve had our processes looked at by the NSPCCs Child Protection in Sport unit. Were aware of the challenges in this area and we think were doing all we can, but we need to be ever-vigilant because protection needs to be an important matter for us. Adam Pelech Islanders Jersey . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Thomas Greiss Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. 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Garcia was optioned to Norfolk on Monday, and because he is a veteran had the option of declining the assignment and becoming a free agent. ... Before the game, the Indians activated RHP Chris Perez (right shoulder soreness) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned LHP T.J. House to Triple-A Columbus. They also traded IF John McDonald, who was designated for assignment Wednesday, to the Phillies for cash or a player to be named. ... Francona said RHP Trevor Bauer will start the first game of Fridays doubleheader and RHP Carlos Carrasco would start the nightcap. Bauer will be recalled from Triple-A and Carrasco will be added as the teams 26th man. ... Brian Roberts (right hamstring) will return from the DL this weekend and become the Orioles starting second baseman, Showalter said. ... RHP Dylan Bundy, the Orioles prized pitching prospect, underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery Thursday. The procedure was performed by Dr. James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla. ... 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