Cronulla Sharks forward Dale Finucane has retired from Rugby League with immediate effect due to repeated concussions. Finucane played 251 games during his career in which he played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks. He also played State Of Origin football for New South Wales in 5 games. Rugby League…
Rugby League without scrums is a difficult concept to grasp for most. Over the past year, Super League took the dramatic step of ruling them out. This decision was made in light of concerted efforts to play in the midst of a global health crisis. However, there’s another side to the decision which has raised concerns across the sport,…
On the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast the boys were joined by Dr Alan Pearce, a Neurophysiologists and Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Alan is the Research Manager at the Australian Sports Brain Bank Victoria. They did two podcasts covering concussion, head trauma, CTE and brain injury in professional sport including…
In this episode we talk to Dr Alan Pearce who is a Neurophysiologists and Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Alan is the Research Manager at the Australian Sports Brain Bank Victoria. In this episode we talk to Alan about his appearance on the SBS Insight program about concussion in sport. We go in depth…