All things concussion and the NRL: How to improve fairness, protect player welfare and combat clubs gaming the system

The impact that research into concussion has had on contact sports over the last 15 years has been profound.

Administrators around the globe have been scrambling in response and protocols are continually changing to be in line with the latest recommendations.

The NRL is no different and the safeguards in place now are clearly a vast improvement on the past.

However, there are a number of concussion-related aspects of the game that could be much better handled.

These are the impact...