When does the love of the game outweigh the cost? ABC’s Plum brings rugby league’s concussion crisis to the fore

By Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
Christopher Yorke, Lecturer in sports management, Western Sydney University
Jeremy Sleiman, Lecturer in Sport Business/Management, Western Sydney University

Brendan Cowell’s 2021 novel Plum has expertly wed two seemingly unnatural partners: rugby league and poetry. Cowell’s story is both an ode of love to rugby league, and a powerful exploration of the catastrophic effects of sport-induced brain injury.

This story has now been brought to life in an ABC drama of the same name. It brilliantly reflects the experience of many players who are left to suffer – often in silence – with the long-term…

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