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Hocking outlines penalties in place if clubs exploit medical sub rule
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2021-03-17T19:33+11:00
AFL operations boss Steve Hocking is confident thereâs âsafeguardsâ in place to ensure clubs donât exploit the new medical substitute rule.
A day before Thursday nightâs season-opening clash between Richmond and Carlton, the AFL announced that a 23rd player would be available for clubs to use in the event of a game-ending injury or concussion.
Hocking said the AFL would demand medical records if they suspect clubs have exploited the rule during the season, with stripping points or draft picks a possibility for any transgressions.
Cricket Australia insist they did everything possible to keep tour to South Africa alive
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Subscriber only Australian citizens stranded overseas would have had their places in hotel quarantine taken by the likes of Steve Smith and David Warner if Cricket Australia agreed to travel to COVID-stricken South Africa.
CA s bombshell decision to abandon the Test series has fractured relations between the cricket boards, three years after the most explosive series ever played culminated in the sandpaper scandal. Overseas reports have smashed CA for shifting the goalposts and then leaving Cricket South Africa (CSA) at the altar by walking away from negotiations at the last minute, despite Cricket South Africa allegedly moving heaven and earth to host the series.
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One of the countryâs top sports doctors believes the AFLâs new 12-day stand-down rule for concussions is âa backward stepâ that will not benefit player welfare.
Sports doctor Nathan Gibbs during his time with the Wallabies.
Nathan Gibbs, who has worked with some of the biggest sporting teams in Australia, including the Sydney Swans, Wallabies and NSW Origin and Australian Kangaroos, said once players had recovered from a concussion, there was no medical evidence that supported giving them extra time on the sidelines would reduce their chances of suffering another one.
Gibbs also feared making players automatically sit out a game would set a dangerous precedent, especially around AFL finals time, and send âconcussions undergroundâ.
FIBA ready for third window Joaquin Henson
MANILA, Philippines It will be make up time for 13 teams that skipped the FIBA Asia Cup second qualifying window last November as they race to complete their assignments in the third elimination phase on Feb. 18-22 with the Clark bubble hosting eight contenders from Groups A and C.
South Korea opted to withdraw from the second window, leaving the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand in Group A to battle in Bahrain under bubble conditions. FIBA decided not to penalize South Korea but the consequence is the two-time FIBA Asia Cup champion will play four games in five days in the third window. South Korea faces the Philippines on Feb. 18, Indonesia on Feb. 19, Thailand on Feb. 20 and the Philippines once more on Feb. 22.