Crazy that he was allowed to step onto the field after the shot he took in warmups. He was basically knocked out for a second. Storm might be able to seek legal compensation from Tonga for it ? Im not even sure if he'll play footy next year or ever again?
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HOE, If you think boxers take less head impact/trauma/slushing than NRL players then I fear you have CTE. All long term boxers have CTE. Many are heavy drinkers so their symptoms can get lost in the noise but the brains of boxers are a shitshow.
I suspect easy live CTE scanning would make some military careers untenable(repeated small blast overpressure may cause CTE).
If it was classed as a combat sport it becomes wild west for rule changes. It would improve the game for fans....until their fave player brain bleeds and fucking dies onfield.
Imagine being R.Price and thinking back over your time. (if he can still do that. I spoke with him 10yrs+ ago and he wasn't real flash then) Would he feel anger, regret or satisfaction that played it as tough as can be
I think in the NRL players are hit with more force when they are hit in the head , 105 kg player running as fast as he can then coping a shoulder or elbow to head is a force no boxer would have to face .
Ray Price played in era a where getting elbows to head from high impact running happened 10 times a game , the fact Ray is still alive and coherent is a miracle given the savage high impact blows he took to the head .
While I agree to a point (some h.weight shots have serious speed and impactpower) that nrl has the higher body-stop/slosh impacts, CTE seems to have a cumulative component. Boxers for the "win"
Also, actual Knockouts seem to count more....my son got knocked out a few times in footy and none in limited Jnr boxing...so I haven't got a fucking clue. You might be right Frank. I
Frankie, you're correct.
Randy, it's not lawnballs or pickleball. The overall G-force of an NRL collision (not necessarily a direct head shot) are far higher than a boxer's punch, most times, hundreds of times a game, week in week out.
The NRL actually did G-force tests back in 2019 when the CTE drama first arose via a semi-professional game (Knights). Their instruments couldn't keep up: G-forces maxed out. Meanwhile, all the while, NRL athletes are getting bigger, faster, and more powerful.
Brain autopsies suggest most long-term modern day elite NFL (and likely NRL) players would have some stage of CTE: which is inisidious, progressive, and long-term. So far any NRL player autopsied had it.
Talk to former RL/RU players, and you might get a better idea of what they go through on the quiet. I've got little doubt CTE contributed to Paul Green's suicide and there are others like him and in other codes. There's a bit of denialism on this. For now...
The first incident in warm up, I've seen lesser collisions resulting in a player who's been incapacitated sent for category 1s. The duty of care by those responsible was not taken
No idea how he wasn't ruled out instantly after that. Hit the showers and that's you done buddy.
Why the hell is Hopoate shoulder charging his own in the warm up?
Not sure who the doctors were or where they got their quals.
Feel sorry for the bloke. Maybe he'll sue the other dope.
It should have been taken out of his hands. Players usually say they're ok as a badge of honour.
Horrendous..if his career is ended he should consider legal action...He looked really sick on teh bench...and berr holes whoah
Holy shit. Much respect to Eli, truly one of the toughest to ever play the game.
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