https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1608091715833/footy-concussions
Very interesting and tragic. Featuring parras Ray Price and Brett Horsnell.
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"Bamblett is a beautiful runner of the football at fullback. Glides across the ground. He has a major obstacle for the next 5 years in Longi . He is more than capable of playing 6 and has game awareness and eyes up footy ability. Very talented boy. "
"Thank badger, hope ya well mate. I met you a few times over the years. You use to know my sister jasmine. She use to work at one of the pubs at Newtown if you remember "
"Fingers crossed he see's his future in blue and gold! Sounds a real wing prospect from all reports. "
"3P man Id blocked that period Steve Sharp, Ray spagnolo, Paulo Osbourne, et al .....I remember some on here going balistic on this group lol. wonder if Stevie picked up the tools again after.......3P was just old boys sniffing around for a payment…"
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"My question, JC, is whether that defensive issue is in fact fixable? By the time a player is making first grade there is a lot of footy and a lot of training, both at high level, under their belt. When do ingrained habits become unfixable?"
"Fitzy needs to stop getting high on his own supply.
His tenure wasn't all roses (look at that valley in the middle there), and went for 20+ years AFTER that last drink without delivering another premiership.
Yes, the 3P Era was objectively wose than…"
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"EA, you have said how much you despise Bamblett being at 6. Do you feel, or fear, the club are trying to create him as one? I mean there is plenty of time for him to learn but as you said mainly his defensive reading and ball playing is an issue.…"
"Kelma in the front row? It probably takes a unique kind of mind to either willingly run full tilt at or get in front of charging props, given the giant proportions of many props. Kelma's role has been to terrorize halves defending on the edge and he…"
"Being an silly old bastard i wake up some mornings look in the mirror and say who the stuff are you😳"
"what happened to McGinty? Silly old bastard LOL"
"Well it was Fitzies lack of vision that made our path post 1986 such an uncomfortable journey."
"You might as well add Bloomfield. He was selected on the wing however his school withdrew him from origin to focus on union which sucks. At least next year that won't be an issue as he will finish up with school. Just hope he picks league over union."
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Ray Price sounded so fried when he was speaking. My young bloke wants to play league next year, jury is still out for me if I let him.
Shit poppy, that was a bit harsh. Feel free to have a crack at me, but taking a dig at the intelligence of my son is a bit low.
My earliest memory of the eels is my old man making me watch the 86 GF. When pricey and crow were chaired off, my old man was crying. So, either dad love them, or he had a horrible foreboding of the priemership drought to come :)
Concussions were poorly understood in Ray's day. Given the era and position he played in, he likely had a number of concussions, especially when you take into the fact players like Matty Johns said he had about 10 or so through his career.
But concussions aren't the biggest issue here. The biggest issue is repeated sub-concussive impacts. Those hits that rattle you but don't give you a complete concussion. It's like a boxer taking small jabs throughout a fight. The more of those they take the higher chance of a KO. What Dr. Omalu found was that those repeated minor head traumas had more of an impact on later quality of life than the larger, more infrequent hits.
I do know that the NRL is actually seen as one of the better concussion managers in professional sport. Their HIA system and protocol is seen as one of the most stringent and most closely abides by the recommendations from medical professionals. It's also why I don't think we'll see a class action against the NRL. Unlike the NFL, as far as we know, the NRL has tried to address the long term impacts of concussions as soon as they became aware of them.
What would you change poplet?
Maggie, Both Ray and Brett Kenny need a Swahili interpreter on hand at all times.