Inside Football - Feeling no pain

On average, 8 AFL players per club are unavailable for selection each week due to injury, that's 20% of the playing list. Where possible, injured players will 'take the needle', an injection of local anaesthetic to numb the pain of a mild sprain or painful joint, to enable them to take the field for their team. Read on to find out more about this very common practice in the AFL.

This article was originally featured in Inside Football on 24th June, 2009

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