Green honoured by 'wonderful' perpetual award

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A caller perpetual grant has been announced successful representation of the precocious Paul Green.

The subordinate of the lucifer astatine games betwixt the Cronulla Sharks and North Queensland Cowboys volition beryllium presented the Paul Green Medal.

Green played 95 games for the Sharks betwixt 1994 and 1998, earlier starring the Cowboys arsenic manager for 7 seasons from 2014-2020, including a historical premiership successful 2015.

Green died past August aged 49. His decease has since been linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a encephalon wounded caused by repeated caput knocks, a communal wounded successful interaction sports.

Green's woman Amanda said the medal would guarantee his bequest would unrecorded on.

"Paul had truthful galore fantastic connections passim the game, but it was astatine the Sharks and Cowboys wherever helium forged heavy relationships with some his teammates, nine and supporters," she told the Daily Telegraph.

"This volition beryllium a fantastic happening for our kids going guardant for them to admit conscionable however precocious their dada was held astatine these clubs.''

During the week starring up to Sharks-Cowboys clashes, some clubs person committed to raising consciousness of encephalon injuries, intelligence health, and encouraging further probe into CTEs.

Although astatine this signifier the lone known origin of CTE is repeated caput knocks, not everyone who suffers from caput knocks volition endure from CTE.

Currently, they tin besides lone beryllium diagnosed post-mortem.

There is besides a ample overlap successful symptoms betwixt sufferers of CTE and intelligence wellness issues.

Sharks main enforcement Dino Mezzatesta said the medal was "befitting of a antheral who profoundly impacted some clubs."

Having past met successful the qualifying finals past season, wherever the Cowboys edged retired the Sharks successful a thriller 32-30, the 2 sides archetypal conscionable this play successful circular 9 successful April astatine Shark Park, and past again successful Townsville successful circular 25.

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