There are a chorus of calls to move the AFL’s pre-finals bye to the weekend before the grand final to allow a player — who is concussed in a preliminary final — time enough to recover.

In fact, it seems that is destined to happen after Geelong lost star defender Tom Stewart to concussion on their way to an impressive 17.13 (115) to 13.7 (85) win over Hawthorn in Friday night’s blockbuster preliminary final at the MCG.

Stewart was crunched in a tackle and had to be subbed out before quarter-time .... and now will be a bystander on Saturday, unavailable under concussion protocols, when the Cats take their place in the decider.

Coach Chris Scott it was “shattering” for his five-time All-Australian and it was time for change.

“I think generally in these situations you change your m

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