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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"Yep"
"V’landys played the tough guy for the good of the NRL when Lomax was flirting with R360.
Now he’s doing it again, this time against the Eels.
Keeping Lomax in the NRL is a massive win for him. Bigger than Parramatta. Bigger than one club’s feelings.…"
Now he’s doing it again, this time against the Eels.
Keeping Lomax in the NRL is a massive win for him. Bigger than Parramatta. Bigger than one club’s feelings.…"
"No use worrying what's done is done and we move on"
"even going there he will still the the best prop in the game if not all time"
"Why would you take someone back who doesnt want to be there, he'll just mope around dragging his bottom lip and will most likely have more injuries than the team combined
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"I have no doubt the exact sequencing of events will come out, and as you say, that will determine how this court case resolves. Having said that, I don't believe Parramatta would have gone down this route if they were acting unreasonably in limiting…"
"Great read and what is your gut feeling which way this will go? I'm really hoping the courts favour the Eels not only because of me being a Parra supporter but because of the way that Lomax has acted, the way V'Landys has backflipped and also…"
"I reckon we will end up with him. "
"Shouldve swapped lomax + cash for him, but lomax is hell bent on storm"
"We did sign JDB 😝
Wouldn't surprise me if his mum is getting a transfer to Long Bay. Parra could have been in there had they pushed for her to transfer to Silverwater!Clearly his mates Latrell/Fifita and super coach Bennett was the draw card.…"
Wouldn't surprise me if his mum is getting a transfer to Long Bay. Parra could have been in there had they pushed for her to transfer to Silverwater!Clearly his mates Latrell/Fifita and super coach Bennett was the draw card.…"
"For one reason only, he is a bloody good player.....I stress one good reason."
"Haas is an amazing acquisition for the Bunnies for sure, but imo they are overspending in odd positions bigtime.
All their money is tied up in the forwards with Haas, Arrow, Murray, Fifita, Smith. Then you have Wighton, Mitchell, and Campbell in…"
All their money is tied up in the forwards with Haas, Arrow, Murray, Fifita, Smith. Then you have Wighton, Mitchell, and Campbell in…"
"For outside backs the best ones coming through SG ball and HM would be Rokusuka (19) Sorovi (18), Bloomfield (18) Seuseu (16) and Moala (18). You never know with outside backs because a lot of them make their NRL debut very young.
I assume the club…"
I assume the club…"
"Players have to want to come here EA I think that's the bottom line really maybe we aren't the destination everyone is making us out to be."
"I mean all while everyone is talking Lomax PVL Melbourne Storm Wayne Bennett's big game fishing under the radar that's how you go about it under cover.What do you no the big fish has been reeled in and no body in the game had a clue nobody."
"Massive loss to the broncos. I reckon brisbane come up with something to retain haas. If they don't could this make pezet backflip? This will set back brisbane big time if haas doesn't change his mind . Talk about sneaky nothing in the media about…"
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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.