The ‘dark cloud’ Leigh Matthews believes is hanging over the AFL

Leigh Matthews says concussion is the ‘dark cloud’ currently hanging over the AFL.

Jackson Archer’s three-game suspension and the multiple concussions sustained by Brisbane’s Brandon Starcevich are two of the examples Leigh cited while unpacking his concerns.

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“Concussion is a dark cloud hanging over our sport,” he said on Wide World of Sports.

“In the decades ahead, physical contact (in sport) is in doubt.”

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