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Steve Larkin

RARE PHOTOS: Additional safeguard afl makes concussion changes | Vintage Vibes

Independent doctors have been given greater powers to deal with concussed players in the AFL. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

The AFL has given an independent doctor greater powers to remove a concussed player from the field.

In a change to the protocols in the AFL and AFLW, an independent doctor in the AFL review centre (ARC) will now be able to over-ride club doctors.

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