Adelaide Crows veteran Brodie Smith has revealed that his family members had been left upset after his newest sickening concussion – the fifth of his AFL profession.
Smith was knocked out whereas taking among the best marks of his profession within the third quarter of the Crows’ loss to the Giants on the weekend, along with his head thudding into the Adelaide Oval turf upon touchdown.
The 30-year-old laid immobile for a number of minutes earlier than he was ultimately stretchered off the sector and subbed out of the sport with concussion, his second within the span of eight months, prompting fears about his future, significantly from his household.
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“They were already concerned before this one – I’ve got a bit of a history now – so they don’t like to think of what could possibly happen in the future,” he informed 9News Adelaide.
“My cousins say their little girls were really upset watching me on the floor, so they’re the sort of things that upset you.”
Regardless of his kinfolk’ issues, Smith is adamant about including to his 211 profession video games, saying he was displaying “really good signs early” whereas within the concussion protocol with teammate Ned McHenry.
“I’m not going to go there (retirement) in my thinking. I’m just going to focus on what I can do now,” he stated.
“Obviously there is some increased risk with the more head knocks you have.”
Whereas he’s optimistic about returning to the Crows’ line-up within the close to future, the defender admitted he had little recollection of the incident itself.
“I was pretty dazed,” he stated.
“I couldn’t really figure out where I was or what was going on, so one of the physios reminded me that I’d taken a mark and I sort of had the flashback of jumping up and that’s all I’ve got.”
