Clubs and counties can learn from the AFL's injury spike

Irishman central to keeping Collingwood players fit and healthy after lockdown return

Irishman Kevin White is High Performance manager with AFL side, Collingwood

Not long after the AFL season roared into life, several players came to a grinding halt. A spike in soft-tissue injuries was widely predicted and duly arrived with over 15 hamstring issues as well as a host of calf and quad problems across the last three rounds alone.

Collingwood is one of the few clubs that has managed to avoid this fate and the Melbourne outfit put the credit for that firmly at an Irishman’s door.