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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"Sorry but moses has been way below average this season. He won us the game in the end but we wete only in it because of volkman. "
"The Ibis (249m)
The Volkinator
Mataele.
Kelly played his best game for us so far."
The Volkinator
Mataele.
Kelly played his best game for us so far."
"Might be overrating his performance but yeah 80 mins of consistency is quite impressive for me. "
"We look so much better with da silva starting more energy. Volkman its his 6 jersey until the end of the season. I certainly wasn't expecting this. Once longi comes back we will be even better, but rylesy will have to make some tough selection calls…"
"The most entertaining aspect of the game tonight was reading all the shit from the pre ejaculaters. They really make themselves look stupid. It looks like they don't realise a game goes for 80mins, not 20, 40 or 60. Calls to sack certain players,…"
"Oh my beautiful boys. No one gave us a chance, and even when we won some said we only won because of the number of errors the Cows made. Bullshit the pressure we put on them caused them to drop the ball and made them very uncomfortable, creating…"
"Da Silva did his job, first time he played 80mins in NRL. He was great to start, held back with fatigue then had a nice run with split markers that connected with Moses in the lead up to Samrani's try."
"It seems him getting 2 more NRL games then going back to cup and dominating has raised his confidence."
"How good is the fox!! Not just a finisher-he is full of spirit and belief-as is Joash"
"3. Moses - without him we don't win that game.
2. Volkman - just needs to be better in defence.
1. Mataele - this guy will only get better with more first grade. Bends the line. Finds his front. Heaps of post contact meters."
2. Volkman - just needs to be better in defence.
1. Mataele - this guy will only get better with more first grade. Bends the line. Finds his front. Heaps of post contact meters."
"well maybe a win for Chris Phelan....I met him on the hill at Penrith park when I was 11 ...he had a broken arm but still signed his name with his hand on a piece of paper for me .......rest well sir ........"
"Kelly looked much better defending without Villiami .
3- TDS
2- Samrani
1- Junior "
3- TDS
2- Samrani
1- Junior "
"He's terrific macy"
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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.