{"id":576232,"date":"2026-03-31T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576232\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:02:10","slug":"paul-seedsman-and-nathan-murphy-denied-concussion-compensation-payout-zurich-insurance-angus-brayshaw-midweek-tackle-australian-financial-complaints-authority-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576232\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Seedsman and Nathan Murphy denied concussion compensation payout, Zurich Insurance, Angus Brayshaw, Midweek Tackle, Australian Financial Complaints Authority, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

A much-loved Collingwood duo have been dealt a devastating blow in their bid for a concussion reparation, after the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) sided in favour of an insurance giant with their most recent claim.<\/p>\n

Herald Sun Chief Football Writer Jay Clark reported on Tuesday<\/a> that Paul Seedsman and premiership Pie Nathan Murphy have lost their latest concussion compensation payout battle against Zurich, unless they submit for more medical testing.<\/p>\n

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Clark revealed the AFCA\u2019s decision has cost the pair hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the final judgement made on their ability to perform basic daily activities, and whether they were forced to retire from AFL.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s Midweek Tackle, Herald Sun colleague Jon Ralph expanded on the brutal setback for both players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the case of Nathan Murphy, he had to basically put his life on hold for years, and basically not work to prove he was the subject of significant trauma \u2014 and then hopefully get some sort of payout, maybe half a million dollars,\u201d Ralph explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr, he could take up a footy role at Collingwood. It was just an extraordinary choice, (and) he chose football. But, there\u2019s got to be a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seedsman played 49 games for the Magpies between 2012 and 2015, before going on to play another 83 at Adelaide before being forced into retirement. He was the Anzac Day Medallist in 2015.<\/p>\n

Murphy\u2019s final-ever AFL game was the 2023 Grand Final, which his side won against Brisbane by four points<\/a> in a September thriller. The then-23-year-old was concussed late in the first quarter of the clash,<\/a> and didn\u2019t return to the field after testing.<\/p>\n

Former rival and Melbourne premiership hero Angus Brayshaw is still awaiting a verdict on his insurance submission,<\/a> as one of a number of AFL players who have retired due to concussion concerns in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trauma insurance is so hard to actually ascertain. In the case of these blokes, if you\u2019ve read about Seedsman and Murphy, they are absolutely devastated. Their lives are absolutely broken,\u201d Ralph continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they\u2019re trying to put their lives together again, and not just sit in bed for five years, they\u2019re going and trying to work. In the case of Nathan Murphy, it\u2019s working a couple of days a week at Collingwood. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re being punished though, because the insurers are putting private detectives around people in some cases. In the case of Angus Brayshaw, he\u2019s unable to even play golf. He\u2019s unable to work, but can\u2019t even get out there and try to get some stress relief. They\u2019ve also used photos of his wedding to basically disprove his allegations there as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark\u2019s report notes<\/a> that Seedsman is unwilling to undergo more testing, due to the heavy toll the elongated process has taken on him since retiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A much-loved Collingwood duo have been dealt a devastating blow in their bid for a concussion reparation, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,282666,64,63,282664,55,639,282667,282661,93659,282665,70328,596,282668,282663,282659,19125,681,282657,29105,282660,282658,85,282662,282656],"class_list":["post-576232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-angus-brayshaw","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-financial-complaints","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-compensation-payout-battle","tag-concussion-compensation-payout","tag-concussion-concerns","tag-concussion-payout","tag-financial-complaints-authority","tag-football","tag-frustrating-blow","tag-insurance-giant","tag-insurance-submission","tag-jay-clark","tag-jon-ralph","tag-lingering-concussion-symptoms","tag-midweek-tackle","tag-paul-seedsman","tag-pie-nathan-murphy","tag-sports","tag-trauma-insurance","tag-zurich-insurance-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}