NRL considering last-minute rule change

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The NRL is reportedly weighing up the instauration of a mandatory stand-down regularisation to support players from the semipermanent consequences of concussion.

With the premiership play conscionable implicit a week away, the league's aesculapian advisory sheet is considering whether players with a diagnosed concussion should beryllium required to miss a minimum of 1 lucifer to assistance their recovery.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a clause successful the league's concussion protocols could beryllium removed to marque mode for an 11-day lay-off play pursuing a concussion.

The alteration would travel the pb of contact sports specified arsenic the AFL and the English Super League.

In 2021, the AFL acceptable a caller modular with the merchandise of their updated concussion guidelines. Advances included the competition's mandatory lay-off play for concussed athletes being doubled from six to 12 days to see astatine slightest 1 match.

A last determination connected the NRL's stance is expected to beryllium made before circular 1 begins adjacent week.

According to the Concussion successful Sport Group's astir caller Consensus Statement (Berlin 2016), astir individuals retrieve from a concussion successful 10 to 14 days, with a lay-off play promoting remainder and recovery.

Under the NRL's existent guidelines, players tin beryllium medically cleared by an autarkic doc to instrumentality to athletics successful nether a week.

Panthers prop Spencer Leniu played successful Penrith's premiership past twelvemonth contempt being concussed by a precocious changeable from South Sydney's Taane Milne successful the preliminary final.

Leniu passed the applicable concussion protocols and was cleared by an autarkic concussion doc for the decider against the Eels.

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Mismanagement of concussions tin enactment players astatine hazard of important wellness ramifications.

An illustration of this includes the improvement of cerebral edema which causes accelerated encephalon swelling aft a 2nd concussive wounded oregon concussion occurring successful adjacent clip proximity.

Prop Alex Twal featured for the archetypal clip since June past twelvemonth successful the Tiger's proceedings triumph implicit the Raiders connected Sunday.

Twal suffered 2 concussions successful 3 games and was rubbed retired for the remainder of the season.

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Asked astir the authorization of a mandatory basal down, Twal believed players would respect the ruling.

"At the extremity of the time they're professionals and immoderate they deliberation is right, we're blessed to abide by it. The nine had my champion interests astatine bosom (last year) and I'm looking guardant to the play up now," helium said.

Any changes to the NRL's concussion protocols would beryllium the biggest improvement since the league brought successful an autarkic doc to reappraisal on-field concussions from the NRL Bunker and perchance regularisation players retired for assessments.

This season, the NRL are besides allowing the 18th antheral to beryllium activated pursuing 2 failed caput wounded assessments, alternatively of 3 successful 2022.

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