Injuries are on the way down according to the injury survey of last year's AFL season.
Geelong doctors treat Joel Selwood after he was knocked out against St Kilda. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
THE AFL is one step away from allowing clubs to use their substitute while a player is being assessed for concussion.
The AFL Commission will soon rule on whether the proposed change, initiated by the AFL Medical Officers' Association, will be introduced this season.
It would allow clubs the option of a 20-minute window for the temporary use of the substitute while doctors determine whether or not a player has concussion.
If the injured player is able to return to the field, the substitute would be deactivated.
AFL medical director Peter Harcourt confirmed yesterday a submission had been referred to the league.
"The AFL, on the recommendation of the AFL Medical Officers' Association, is looking at activating the substitution to take the pressure off the team so that the doctors can go about their assessment (of the injured player)," Harcourt said.
"Hopefully it will be considered before the start of the season."
The AFL Commission has the power to veto any proposed rule change.
It knocked back the laws of the game committee request for an interchange cap this season, preferring to wait 12 months and to trial it in this year's pre-season competition.
But this is thought unlikely given this submission has been proposed by the AFL Medical Officers' Association for health and safety reasons.
Carlton coach Mick Malthouse, who met the laws of the game committee yesterday to discuss the contentious introduction of an interchange cap next year, wants greater flexibility with substitutes.
It comes as the latest AFL injury survey, released yesterday, saw a rise in the number of games players missed due to concussion.
While the overall injury rate for AFL players dropped last year, with the games missed per club at its lowest level since 2008, Dr Hugh Seward explained the rise in players missing games because of concussion was due to a more conservative approach and better management from doctors.
"The rise in concussion incidence over the last two years in the AFL corresponds with a worldwide trend among many sports to recognise the potential long-term effects of concussion and the adoption of a more conservative approach with return-to-play decisions," Dr Seward said.
Asked if this rise would continue, he said: "Yes, it might, and that would reflect not an increased number of head injuries, but a much more cautious and conservative approach."
The AFL will hold a two-day conference on concussion on March 20-21.
The survey showed hamstring, quadriceps and groin strains were lower than in 2011, but there were more calf strains and concussions.
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