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Concussion: the hidden cost of sport in Australia

The spotlight is on contact sport's links with long-term brain damage as governing bodies face intense pressure to act

  • Danny Frawley Centre Launch<br>MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 01: Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula and Federal Senator the Honourable Jane Hume unveil a portrait of Danny Frawley during the Danny Frawley Centre Launch at Moorabbin Reserve on March 01, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre will aim to improve physical and mental health for athletes. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/AFL Photos/Getty Images)

    AFL trying to ‘divide and conquer’ over brain bank endorsement, concussion expert says

    Dr Adrian Cohen says league’s hesitation to choose Australian Sports Brain Bank shows it is overlooking its ‘specific expertise’
  • A boy catches an AFL ball at sunset

    Pain, glory, concussion: former AFL players and their families speak out about league inaction

    Unable to live normal lives due to brain injuries sustained on the field, some ex-athletes are asking: where is the support?
  • Timana Tahu

    Timana Tahu: ‘There’s no such thing as a safer tackle. All we can do is try to lower the risk’

    The dual-code rugby star suffered a serious concussion 20 years ago and is now at the forefront of research into tackling techniques
  • A tribute to Jacinda Barclay

    Calls for sport to ‘listen to science’ as AFL thanks Jacinda Barclay’s family for brain donation

    Carlton great and mental health advocate Ken Hunter says sporting bodies need to act on already-available concussion research
  • Alan 'Dizzy' Lynch

    ‘I’ve worn a couple’: how Alan Lynch’s scary decline adds to concussion discourse

    Once fast enough to earn a place in the Stawell Gift Hall of Fame, the former VFL footballer now lives with Parkinson’s disease
  • AFL illustration

    Jacinda Barclay findings a reminder of sports’ vanilla concussion rhetoric

    Alan Pearce
    At this rate, our next generation of players and scientists will be asking the same questions we should be answering now
  • Photos of Jacinda at her family home in Perth.

    ‘So full of life and love, so sad inside’: how Jacinda Barclay’s death could help us understand concussion in sport

    When the fearless, open-hearted athlete took her own life in October, the shock was immense. Now her family is determined to find out why
  • Adelaide Crows player Eloise Jones

    Explainer: what we know about concussion in Australian sport

    Analysis of late AFLW player Jacinda Barclay’s brain has once again thrown a light on concussion and research into its impact
  • Jacinda Barclay of the Giants

    Damage found after late AFLW player Jacinda Barclay’s brain donated for concussion research

    Exclusive: Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank have uncovered neurological damage they describe as a ‘ticking time bomb’
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