{"id":395597,"date":"2024-05-20T08:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T08:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395597"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:04:35","slug":"concussed-bulldogs-star-finally-learns-footballing-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395597","title":{"rendered":"Concussed Bulldogs star finally learns footballing fate"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\ufeffestern Bulldogs<\/a> midfielder Tom Liberatore<\/a> has been cleared by a specialist review panel of any serious concussion damage, meaning he'll make a full recovery and return to the big stage.<\/p>\n

It's good news for the 31-year-old, who has been battling after suffering a plethora of head traumas over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

\ufeffIt comes after he was ruled out "indefinitely" after suffering a nasty concussion in his side's seven-point loss to Hawthorn in round eight.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The midfielder copped a stray boot to his head, which split open his forehead in scary scenes.<\/p>\n

The club released a statement explaining that Liberatore had suffered concussion from the accidental incident, but considering it was his second in a matter of weeks, made the call to sideline him for longer than the standard 12-day protocol.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Liberatore<\/p>\n

"The midfielder suffered a knock to the head late in Sunday's loss to Hawthorn, with the club's medical team confirming that a concussive episode had occurred," the Bulldogs statement said at the time.<\/p>\n

"Having suffered two concussions within a short space of time, Tom will be unavailable for an indefinite period as the club works through a thorough process before a return-to-play plan is determined."<\/p>\n

Now, the club finally has an answer to where Liberatore goes from here.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Head of sports medicine, Chris Bell, confirmed that Liberatore would return to the senior side in the "next two to three weeks".\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Caro's<\/p>\n

"We have continued to be very diligent and thorough in our processes for assessing and managing Tom following his most recent concussion in round eight," Bell said on Monday.<\/p>\n

"This has involved specialist review and opinion to help guide his return to play planning.<\/p>\n

"In some great news, after some reassuring results, we have a devised a structured return to play plan, that if everything goes well, will see Tom returning to play across the next two to three weeks."<\/p>\n

It comes after Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge confirmed \ufeffLiberatore had been back at training over the last week.<\/p>\n

\"Liberatore<\/p>\n

Liberatore's confirmed return comes after the heartbreaking retirement of 18-year-old draftee Aiden O'Driscoll<\/a>, who was picked up at the end of 2023 and never got to play a senior game.<\/p>\n

He suffered a head knock at training in January and was forced to medically retire.<\/p>\n

Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw<\/a> Collingwood's Nathan Murphy<\/a> have also been medically retired in 2024, due to concussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W\ufeffestern Bulldogs midfielder Tom Liberatore has been cleared by a specialist review panel of any serious concussion damage, meaning he'll make a full recovery and […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=395597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395602,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395597\/revisions\/395602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/391211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}