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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"Moses' little excuse for a Mo has gone...and thank heavens!! Charlie Chaplin"
"Kelma, yes. Kautoga I'd leave in Cup to work on his defence. His contact is great but he doesn't win the wrestle in the same way Williams and Guymer do."
"I thought yesterday's backrow should probably be our backrow moving forward. Let Kit keep developing in Cup, Tuilagi can be dropped. Williams and Guymer both have the defensive commitment, lateral movement and line running ability you need in…"
"I assume a needle, lots of padding and managing his minutes will keep Ryley on the field."
"With Ray Price there, the players would have been too scared to lose 🤣"
"geez poppy , you make it sound as if us dedicated parramatta fan's are cursed or something and when things get heated we perform cannibalism on each other . I mean rocks and diamonds ? my left rock and now my right side rock has …"
"Pops, nailed it Moses' 'kicking them to death', was great to see.
But when you say we’ve ‘shown we have middles now’, who do you mean?
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"They're both wearing different shirts?"
"I know what you mean gents. My dad passed away just before the start of the season. We would watch a lot of games together and often call each other at half time. I am still catching myself at half time sometimes picking up the phone to call him.…"
"To think we are actually developing our own players and starting to see the proceeds instead of buying players from elsewhere. I wonder who came up with this plan?"
"Pops I for one will stand by my criticisms of the club.
That will change if we start to see a consistent change for the positive and your rocks or diamonds comment at the end of your initial post is one of the big reasons why you see such a varied…"
That will change if we start to see a consistent change for the positive and your rocks or diamonds comment at the end of your initial post is one of the big reasons why you see such a varied…"
"No 321 here I thought the whole damn team was good tonight.
When I'm listening to the presser it was like a good old BA after match speech intent chasing the contact I mean who'd have thought that's important to winning a game of rugby league.
Most…"
When I'm listening to the presser it was like a good old BA after match speech intent chasing the contact I mean who'd have thought that's important to winning a game of rugby league.
Most…"
"If Su'A comes early, leave Williams on the left and put Su'A with Moses on the right.Tuilagi as impact off the bench. That is better balance for this squad."
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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.