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Senate inquiry into concussion told of rugby league great Steve Folkes's difficult final days

Steve Folkes was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy following his death in 2018.  (Supplied: NRL)

The daughter of the late rugby league great Steve Folkes has delivered an emotional plea to help players suffering from brain degeneration, addressing day three of a Senate inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports.

Four of the nation's sporting codes — the National Rugby League, Rugby Australia, Boxing Australia and Football Australia — fronted the hearing in Canberra on Wednesday and acknowledged the link between head trauma and serious neurodegenerative disease.

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