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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"be a great signing at the right price. Wahs were flying last year when he was playing. Plays very similar to Mitch. Maybe the Anzac clash with the dragons 🐉 debuting the jockey is making the Parramatta supremos have second thoughts on Lorenzo? "
"Never seen him play but hope we haven't signed him for 3 years. Should have kept stoney. Now for Spencer b4 June 30th."
"Likewise MeelK, I also miss you.
Hope you're well, you legend."
Hope you're well, you legend."
"I swear us supporters are suffering from this. There is just no way in a championship team that more then half our squad are good enough. And if we are real serious then probably not even that many! "
"I miss him more after his game on the weekend..."
"Worse than Stone. Stone has much more aggression and better defensive technique. Stone also never gives up on a play in defence, often seeing him chase line breaks even we he has zero chance of making the tackle."
"No, what I am saying is that we have Volman now as a handy back-up, and either Talitaina or someone else as 6 next year. Either the club thinks Talitaina is good enough next year or not."
"I don't recall seeing him too much tbh. He seems to play similar positions to Ray Stone and is of similar size. Tell me is he < or > Ray Stone?"
"Temu Ray Stone."
"Yeah i could see him as a good 6. Let's say, for argument sakes, he comes here, it is handy when Moses goes as he can play 7."
"I like it, hope its true, a lot of upside for absolute minimal outlay. The talent is undeniable.
If Ryles / R&R see an opportunity there, great, if it falls over, its not a huge loss."
If Ryles / R&R see an opportunity there, great, if it falls over, its not a huge loss."
"As Meatloaf said 'you took the words right out of my mouth'. I will not say the rest as that is suss."
"Popa wishes this upon himself every time his head hits the pillow.
Then he dreams of impressing the spounge bath department in thr morning. "
Then he dreams of impressing the spounge bath department in thr morning. "
"You're a smart man, HH."
"I get what your saying. He was supposed to be pumped at joining souths and bang he's gone. I suppose thats the thing fans are worried about, will he do it again? Maybe ryles should phone uncle benny and get some feed back from him. Which i'm sure he…"
"Time will tell i suppose. I'm sure ryles will know if its worth the risk or not. We will see."
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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.