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Bye Bye Jack Higgins!
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Richmond football club has used social media to update fans on the wellbeing of young forward Jack Higgins, after it was revealed last night he was hospitalised having suffered a brain bleed.
The 20-year-old is understood to have experienced headaches following Richmond's VFL game against Werribee on Sunday and recent scans show he had bled from his brain.
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"Jack Higgins continues to be treated in hospital for a brain bleed. He’s in good spirits and we will provide more accurate information when possible," Richmond posted on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday morning.
"All our thoughts are with Jack, his family, and the whole team at this time."
Higgins, who was a revelation last year after being taken as a first-round draft pick, has endured mixed form this season, and was dropped following the round 13 loss to Adelaide.
He finished equal fourth in last year's Rising Star award.
The cause of the brain bleed is unknown. Richmond do not believe it was caused by a head knock sustained during the VFL match, with the forward not reporting any incidents from the game.
But player agent and concussion advocate Peter Jess said this is another example of "catastrophic diagnostic failure".
"This is simply unacceptable in this era of advanced screening technologies that the clubs and AFL refuse to adopt," Jess said.
The 20-year-old is understood to have experienced headaches following Richmond's VFL game against Werribee on Sunday and recent scans show he had bled from his brain.
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Jack Higgins continues to be treated in hospital for a brain bleed. He’s in good spirits and we will provide more accurate information when possible.
All our thoughts are with Jack, his family, and the whole team at this time
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9:27 AM - Jul 17, 2019
"Jack Higgins continues to be treated in hospital for a brain bleed. He’s in good spirits and we will provide more accurate information when possible," Richmond posted on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday morning.
"All our thoughts are with Jack, his family, and the whole team at this time."
Higgins, who was a revelation last year after being taken as a first-round draft pick, has endured mixed form this season, and was dropped following the round 13 loss to Adelaide.
He finished equal fourth in last year's Rising Star award.
The cause of the brain bleed is unknown. Richmond do not believe it was caused by a head knock sustained during the VFL match, with the forward not reporting any incidents from the game.
But player agent and concussion advocate Peter Jess said this is another example of "catastrophic diagnostic failure".
"This is simply unacceptable in this era of advanced screening technologies that the clubs and AFL refuse to adopt," Jess said.
Famous medical expert Peter Jess providing his own narrative...
All the best for a full recovery Snags.
All the best for a full recovery Snags.
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Don’t want to make this about football when his health is the priority,
But the 2019 version looked nothing like the 2018 one , quite possibly not feeling right and he didn’t understand why,
Get well son , take your time to get things right
But the 2019 version looked nothing like the 2018 one , quite possibly not feeling right and he didn’t understand why,
Get well son , take your time to get things right
Peter Jess is doing some great things in this area but that comment is plain stupid. Jack played the game out reports no ill effects. Starts to develop headaches so is treated accordingly, scan finds a bleed on the brain and is. Hospitalised. Not sure what else the club could have done. And you don’t CT scans blokes post game just because.
The unqualified concussion advocate said:
“This is simply unacceptable in this era of advanced screening technologies that the clubs and AFL refuse to adopt”
Yes it’s possible the club hasn’t adopted the latest concussion screening protocols... but it’s more likely they absolutely have and Higgins’ injury is the result of cumulative, minor knocks that he didn’t notice, so didn’t report, because it happened gradually.
Like a frog not reporting a change in temperature in water that’s slowly rising in temperature.
That guy’s comments in the absence of knowledge do a disservice to concussion research.
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Everyone should just cool the jets until WE KNOW MORE. At any rate I am a massive Higlet fan and post second year blues he will return in a major way.
I half agree.
his last ultra fumbly senior game was certainly anomalous
quite possibly neurological?
get well soon higlet anyway
Bloody hell! Hope the Higlet takes a nice long comfy break n gets back to full health. Footy's last on the list of importance when an issue like this arises.
Agree fully, not constructive at all, particularly for Jack's family.
At least get the facts first.
We really do have lots of gaps in knowledge of how concussion works, how contact sports affect the brain etc. Hopefully they can find some explanations and a solid diagnosis as to what is going on.
Good luck to Higgo, hopefully back and firing when he is ready and fully recovered. For the short term time to recover and worry about footy closer to next season.
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Good luck to Higgo, hopefully back and firing when he is ready and fully recovered. For the short term time to recover and worry about footy closer to next season.
DS
I remember earlier in the season how he was fumbling the ball so much & being so surprised by it given last year he barely made an error. He was almost faultless.
This is a kid who's lived with a footy in his hands his whole life. The errors were uncharacteristic of him.
Also he just didn't have the normal joy in his face either that he did in his debut season. Something seemed up.
Don't like speculating & it may be completely unrelated but it really does make you wonder if there's any correlation to his current health issues.
Higgo has been an absolute breath of fresh air to the entire footy public. There's so much love for him out there. Everyone just wants to see him get right.
This is a kid who's lived with a footy in his hands his whole life. The errors were uncharacteristic of him.
Also he just didn't have the normal joy in his face either that he did in his debut season. Something seemed up.
Don't like speculating & it may be completely unrelated but it really does make you wonder if there's any correlation to his current health issues.
Higgo has been an absolute breath of fresh air to the entire footy public. There's so much love for him out there. Everyone just wants to see him get right.
