Newscorp
NRL players will be mandated to miss two rounds of football if they are found to have suffered a concussion.
That’s the headline detail on a sudden policy change announced by the NRL on Wednesday.
The league is facing its most significant shake-up to concussion protocols in years — coming one day after the AFL was rocked by a landmark class action lawsuit.
This brings it closer to being in line with non-professional leagues. Not 2 rounds necessarily. 14 full days of recovery.
NRL is saying 11 day mandatory stand-down period, which is very close (non-NRL it is 14 days).
The only players missing 2 rounds automatically would be those concussed on a Sunday whose team plays a Thursday game in two weeks.
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Outside of the NRL... if you get a concussion on Friday 1st you would be out until Sunday 16th - because Saturday 15th would be your final "full day" of recovery. The day of the concussion does not count.
* I had this exact conversation about one of my players yesterday. Player concussed on a Saturday, needs two weeks, should be right for a Sunday game, right? Nope - that Sunday is his 14th recovery day. He's no good until the Monday.