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‘An accident waiting to happen’: experts call for Australian rules football safety overhaul after player death
Concrete-based cricket pitches, like that on which Nathan Fitzgerald received fatal blows to the head, are ‘totally unsafe’, concussion advocate says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia must finally deal with a deadly risk that has plagued its native football code for more than 120 years, sports safety advocates say, after the death of a suburban Aussie rules footballer. Nathan Fitzgerald, a 27-year-old school teacher, died in a Melbourne hospital on Monday af…
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