'Disappointed' Adelaide Crows captain fires up after concussion rules her out of semi final
Adelaide captain Chelsea Randall has taken aim at the AFLW's concussion protocols after she was ruled out of this week's semi final.
Randall should be leading the Crows out against Collingwood in the season's penultimate round, hoping to reach the decider.
But she will instead be forced to watch on from the sidelines after the league intervened to rule her physically unfit to play.
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Randall suffered a head knock during last week's game, but was passed fit by club doctors and was told she would be able to play in the semis.
But new vision made its way to AFL headquarters, where a decision was made to rule Randall out under the concussion protocols.
Chelsea Randall leaves the field injured. Getty
Randall also missed the 2021 AFLW grand final following a concussion.
"It is frustrating, and I'm disappointed," Randall said on Thursday.
"Around the system and the process in place because, clinically, I was cleared of all of that, and I only found out late last night that the story had changed.
"If I had the same knock at training, we wouldn't have vision, and I'd have a clinical assessment and I'd be playing this weekend.
"Unfortunately it means with this process, some players who aren't concussed will miss games."
The Crows and Magpies face off on Saturday afternoon, following Richmond and North Melbourne.
