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‘A whole series of headaches for everyone’: Bevo slams new sub rule – AFL
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has taken aim at the AFL over the introduction of the medical substitute just over 24 hours before the season-opener
WESTERN Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has slammed the AFL’s new medical substitute, saying the “very rushed” rule will cause a series of “headaches” for clubs.
The rule was raised at last week’s meeting between the coaches and League but with Beveridge absent from that discussion, he said it had been a shock to see the new rule introduced just a day before the start of the season.
Clubs will be able to replace a player deemed to have suffered an injury or concussion symptoms at any stage of the…
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