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Knowledge and attitude questions were grouped into themes and analysed against primary cohorts of sex, school status and age group and secondary cohorts of stated Rugby Football Union (RFU) education conduction, concussion history and rugby experience. Associations between knowledge and attitudes were then explored.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>No association between total concussion knowledge and attitude was found. Mean concussion knowledge was 79.3% (26.2\/33\u00b12.9). The mean concussion attitude safety score was 76% (129.3\/170\u00b114.8). RFU \u2018Don\u2019t Be a HEADCASE\u2019 module completion was low (16.9%) and was not associated with concussion knowledge. Private school participants reported significantly safer attitudes towards concussion (77.8%, 132.2\u00b114.0) than state school pupils (74.5%, 126.6\u00b115.1), but not greater concussion knowledge. Male and female participants held similar knowledge and attitudes towards concussion, as did participants across the age spectrum. Concussion attitude safety was significantly greater in players with 7\u201315 years of playing experience than in the younger cohort (U=27\u2009563.0 p=0.005).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The RUCKAS-YOUTH survey provides a detailed description of UK youth rugby concussion knowledge and attitudes. 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