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In the round four match of AFL 2012, Port Adelaide vs. Collingwood. Midfielder Robbie Grey suffered from shredding the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after his leg horrifically buckled when landing from a marking contest in the final minute of the Power's round four loss to Collingwood. This injury has led to Robbie Grey to miss the first month of the premiership season. This report is from the perspective of the Sports trainer, Doctor, Physiotherapist and the coach and the steps it will take to get him back out on the field again. As soon as I saw Robbie Grey land and scream out in pain I could see that an injury had occurred. As a sports trainer I am required to assess any injury on field. While running over to him I was going through my head the steps I would need to assess his injury. The following procedure are needed while assisting with any injury on the field, DRABC, STOP, TOETAPS and RICER. The first procedure I performed was DRABC. While Robbie is still out on the field injured I had to be aware that there was no DANGER surrounding him. Which meant no play, players or footballs; this was a caution as I didn’t want Robbie to increase the damage of his injury. Then I had to look for a RESPONSE, this was clearly seen as he was gritting his teeth together due to the pain and was holding onto his injury. Because he was conscious and was able to respond we didn’t have to continue with the DRABC procedure and then we were able to move on to the STOP procedure. While out on the field the STOP procedure was our next step to assess Robbie’s injury. Robbie was in that much pain that it was a too big of a risk for him to walk or move. We called for the game to STOP and we called for the stretcher. While waiting for... ...ced into football drills, trainings and exercises to build up the strength and flexibility that is required in football. As the coach it is my responsibility to make sure that all players are fit and healthy enough to be out on the field. When an injury has occurred it is up to me to make sure that Robbie is doing the exact exercises the physiotherapist gave him and that he is doing them correctly. As a coach I am to test, watch assist Robbie with his recovery back into the sport. This is done by Robbie completing fitness activities like walking in a straight line, jumping, landing, skipping, figure eight, dodging, jogging and running. If Robbie is unable to complete any of these tasks he is not ready to play and will have to keep building up the strength in his ACL. I will have to increase his drills to help slowly build up the strength to help him gain movement.