The Western Bulldogs have been given a morale boost ahead of facing top side Sydney on Thursday night, with premiership midfielder Tom Liberatore given a pathway to return to AFL .
But the premiership coach says he is increasingly concerned about any of his players getting a concussion, even if they've never had one before. Last week, the Bulldogs' much-hyped 2023 draftee Aiden O'Driscoll retired on medical advice without playing a single senior game due to a concussion sustained in January.Liberatore has been training with the side in recent weeks, and Beveridge said on Tuesday he can do everything a player needs to.
"Each time anyone who has never had a concussion goes a collision-type situation, you hold your breath. Sometimes you even think, 'Don't go for this one, happy for him to mark it,' because you can see the velocity, the commitment of the players and our guys have rarely pulled out of those. "We have continued to be very diligent and thorough in our processes for assessing and managing Tom following his most recent concussion in round eight," the Bulldogs' head of sports medicine Chris Bell said."In some great news, after some reassuring results, we have devised a structured return-to-play plan that, if everything goes well, will see Tom returning to play across the next two to three weeks.
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