Adelaide captain Chelsea Randall has been ruled out of Saturday’s semi-final under the AFL’s concussion protocol.

Randall suffered a knock to the head in the closing stages of last week’s loss to Melbourne and she underwent appropriate testing, which cleared her of any adverse effects at the time.

However, Adelaide has since been supplied fresh vision of the incident and the Club’s medical team, in consultation with the League’s medical experts, has decided Randall will not play.

Crows Women’s Head of Football Phil Harper said the Club was taking a conservative approach.

“Chelsea is the heart and soul of our team and we would obviously love to have her playing in such a big game however, we must and will always prioritise the health and wellbeing of our people, it’s of paramount importance,” Harper said.

“While she has not presented with any symptoms, we have now seen vision showing different angles of the incident that according to Club and League medical experts gives grounds for her to not play under the AFL’s concussion rules.

“She is obviously very disappointed to be missing a final but in typical fashion, she is getting behind her team mates and doing all she can to help us get the win.”