Danny Frawley
Government should consider enforcing return-to-play protocols, Senate concussion inquiry finds
The federal government should set up a national sports injury database as a matter of urgency and consider enforcing return-to-play protocols, a senate inquiry found.
- by Peter Ryan
Latest
AFLW player becomes the world’s first female athlete to be diagnosed with CTE
Women’s footy premiership player Heather Anderson has become the world’s first female athlete to be diagnosed posthumously with the degenerative brain disease CTE.
- by Carla Jaeger
‘Never quite the same’: Frawley legacy lives on, but Harvey still feels the loss
Club legend Robert Harvey and forward Dan Butler open up about mental health in football ahead of the third “Spud’s Game”, as well as Max King, emerging youngsters and an uncontracted dasher.
- by Jon Pierik
‘They need to act now’: Anita Frawley’s impassioned plea to sport at concussion hearing
Danny Frawley’s widow Anita has urged sporting bodies to stop players who have exhibited repeated and severe concussion symptoms from playing again in a passionate presentation to a senate inquiry.
- by Peter Ryan and Greg Baum
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘Recipe for CTE’: Contact sports on collision course with concussion crisis
Neuroscientist Chris Nowinski went to the Cronulla/Storm finals match last Saturday night. Everyone else was following the narrative; he was watching for concussions.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Concussion crisis
How many head knocks is too many? Why I wish McCartin would walk away
The ill-starred Sydney Swan and former St Kilda player will hate the idea of looking for something else to do with his life. But he must think about it.
- by Greg Baum
Weideman CTE diagnosis should prompt sport to ask hard questions: concussion expert
Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee and Collingwood icon Murray Weideman has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
- by Peter Ryan
‘You’ve got one shot’: Frawley’s legacy endures for Saints
Jake Carlisle ponders the question. If Danny Frawley was still with us, what would his message be for you?
- by Daniel Cherny
After Danny’s death, CTE research is Anita Frawley’s passion
Anita Frawley will commit a significant amount of her future to understanding and advocating for better research into the neurodegenerative brain disease which afflicted her late husband Danny Frawley.
- by Anthony Colangelo
AFL asks for voice in coronial probe into Richmond player’s death
A coroner investigating the death of former Richmond player Shane Tuck will assess his history of head knocks and the links between head trauma and a degenerative brain disease.
- by Adam Cooper
Coronial report shows AFL players are still hiding concussion
The willingness of AFL players to report concussions is improving but there still remains a small but significant number who hide symptoms from club doctors.
- by Peter Ryan
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