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GWS Giants AFLW player Brid Stack released from hospital after neck injury in trial game
Greater Western Sydney’s Irish import Brid Stack has been released from hospital after suffering a fractured vertebra in an AFLW practice match in Adelaide.
Key points:
- Play was stopped on Sunday after fears she had severely injured her spine
- Stack suffered a fracture of her C7 vertebra in the collision
- She will not require surgery and re-joined the team to rehabilitate
Play was stopped in the fourth quarter of the game at Norwood Oval on Sunday after a collision.
They were fears Stack may have severely injured her spine after she was stretchered off the field.
The 34-year-old player was taken to hospital by paramedics after spinal protocols were enacted.
But in a statement released on Monday, the Giants said scans revealed Stack had a stable…
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