Dual Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Rachael Lynch OAM, 37, is the most capped Hockeyroo goalkeeper in history, yet her wealth of experience wasn’t enough to shield her from concussion.

Despite her 230+ games for Australia, the Melbourne-born remembers a scary incident from the 2014 Women’s Hockey World Cup in The Hauge like it was yesterday.

“I came out and did a slide tackle with a player. I got the ball, but the player kept going and kneed me in the head, making my helmet come off.”

Lynch said she continued to play the remainder of the game despite feeling the early signs of concussion.

“My role as a goalkeeper is to call out penalty corners – we have four words that we use to call the different variations.

“At halftime I remember coming off and having to ask the other goalkeeper what they were because I had completely forgotten.”