Tom says, “I have been fortunate enough to start working with the Cronulla Sharks as the U20’s physio for the 2020 Jersey Flegg season. We are currently nearing the end of the pre-season with the players being put through their paces preparing for the season ahead. Throughout the year I will share some of the […]

This year I had the pleasure of providing home game day coverage for Brother’s JRLFC teams. It was an exciting year for the club, this being the first year Brother’s have been included in such a high level competition (Ron Massey is the level below Intrust Super Premiership – the level below NRL). Although results […]

“For the first time, we have clear evidence that repeated head knocks in rugby league can have a devastating impact many years after the concussion occurs.”  Dr. Alan Pearce, La Trobe University Let’s talk about concussion management following the alarming results from a study conducted at La Trobe University in Melbourne. The study was led […]

What are the repercussions of a very common shoulder injury – like Robbie Farah’s during the first round of State Of Origin 2015? Farah was injured in the 28th minute following a dumping tackle by Justin Hodges. The tackle resulted in Farah falling heavily onto his left shoulder, leaving him with a Grade 3 acromioclavicular […]

With the footy season just around the corner, here are some tips on how to get through this footy season, and hopefully into the final series, uninjured.

The implications of Nikolai’s medial collateral ligament injury and gives us a great over-view of the management of this common football (all codes) injury…. It was half way through the 2nd half in the A-League Grand final match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar. The Wanderers up 1-0 before Nikolai Topor-Stanley was involved in a tackle that […]