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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"This could be the first time I've agreed with you Professor daz. Now I need a bourbon to get over it"
"Unless a prop (Morettti, Williams, Tuivati and Maetele) is injured, T Brown coming in would be Williams shifting to edge? And Williams has mostly covered right edge backrow.
Kelma Tuilagi out? KT has come in for some critique, which after flying up…"
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"Congrats young fella, give em hell. "
"Super mentioned his on poddy and is spot on. Brown is your RCG type. Punishes opponents and knocks them flying in defence. Tuivaiti is more that tuck under the arm and run and split markers. He's the Paulo type without the ball playing.
They are a…"
They are a…"
"I wonder who misses out. I said to HOE and Super on poddy of this but said who does he replace? Unless someone is a late exclusion. Look at the current bench. Tuivaiti will play, Edwards will play and Walker will play. It leaves Mataele as the odd…"
"I think with the way Ryles was talking Edwards is the now starting with his versitility. It's either Edwards or Smith and Smith can only play Hooker.
Though hopefully Smith can just dominate NSW cup."
Though hopefully Smith can just dominate NSW cup."
"Yep, and Parramatta have the advantage of upgrading him aswell. He should be a straight forward extension "
"Yer long term deal for Sam asap these guys don't grow on trees can't afford to lose another one and yer Brown is also a keeper the more games we get into them now the better "
"Just switched over Dolpins v Cowboys think i head comintators say Dolphins half Katoa looks like will be chosen instead of moses in soo2 due Moses injury uncertainty. Who knows will have to wait and see"
"I'd also be starting Riley Smith if possible."
"He could be our stefano ultokolmatu"
"I saw him at Fairfield training ripping apart, was probably one of the fittest forwards on that day. I think we're on a winner with big T. Just need to keep big Sam as his future front row partner
And to the posters who say im always negative, …"
And to the posters who say im always negative, …"
"Tuivaiti to start. Williams to edge. Congrats TB if true!"
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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.