Sixteen NRL players have been sidelined from games this year after the sport's governing body implemented new concussion rules
from round three for any player diagnosed with a brain injury.
However, Newton called on the NRL to take further action by reducing the number of failed HIAs needed to activate a team’s 18th man. “They are arbitrary stand-down periods; they’re not dealing with an individual concussion in a player, which can definitely have a variable recovery rate.”
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