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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE by Des Kelly Margaret Varcoe, sister of Collingwood Magpies star Travis Varcoe (Photo Source: Nine Sports)  A phrase, that takes on one of the most important decisions that EVERY Sporting Club, anywhere, should make. If it is, as termed, “a contact sport”, the “safety helmet” & the wearing of one, is paramount. “Aussie-rules” football would have to be the prime example, of a contact sport, and yet I have noticed a minimum number of players wearing head-gear, while concussion is common, especially when the game itself has become much more rough & ready nowadays. Head-clashes occur often and very sadly, it is this that ended in the fatality of a treasured sister of a Collingwood champion Travis Varcoe.      Margaret Varcoe, like her brother, loved playing footy. This beautiful Aboriginal girl has just succumbed to a head-clash, suffered in the very game that she loved ...