Mr Clint Readhead

Honorary Research Associate

Clint Readhead is the Senior Manager, Medical, at the South African Rugby Union. Clint Readhead is a registered physiotherapist who obtained his degree from the University of Cape Town. Rugby Medicine administration falls under his portfolio. Clint Readhead is also a board member on Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund and serves on the World Rugby Anti-Doping Advisory Committee. Clint Readhead is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre (HPALS), FIMS International Collaborating Centre of Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, and has an H-index of 14 and ResearchGate Score of 29.97. His main focus areas of research are rugby injury surveillance, exploring injury trends and patterns, and injury prevention interventions and strategies – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-4657. This area of research has led to many post-graduate students passing through HPALS and completing their post-graduate degrees at the University of Cape Town, several with PhD degrees. Clint Readhead has published 32 scientific articles and has presented his work both locally and abroad at renowned conferences and symposia.