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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"Samrani is a winner...it would be interesting to see his W/L record with him in the team. Penisini has had a good NRL career so far...he is not a world class centre or even one that can be a clutch player ...hes best games are solid 7/10..
For…"
For…"
"We cannot aforde to wait Kend'y. He has to be there for us, we owe him nothing!"
"Lets get real, he has one option that works for us, include him in the 19 and do not put him on unless Moses has a HIA/Injury/ or a rep game.
We cannot carry his defence....wakey wakey hands off Snakey......"
We cannot carry his defence....wakey wakey hands off Snakey......"
"Saints looked primed for an upset leading 20-18 with twenty to go. But then from 61’ to 74’. Thirteen minutes. Boom. Saints 4 errors. Storm 4 tries. A Faalogo hat-trick. 22 points. Game over. Storm 46-20.
Saints imploded under Storm's…"
Saints imploded under Storm's…"
"Yeah Pensini with 6 errors a game at wing, but it could work."
"Other way round if it were to be. Penisini is too slow for the wing.
Wouldnt drop Simo. His hit ups are good and he works hard.
Anyway..Samrani 1st drop for injuries or suspensions. Not bog average Brian Kelly.
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Wouldnt drop Simo. His hit ups are good and he works hard.
Anyway..Samrani 1st drop for injuries or suspensions. Not bog average Brian Kelly.
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"With over 100 nrl games in difference with samrani and will P . I like samrani puts himself in the game and has a physical presence about it. Will has definitely worked on increasing his pace and defence but Samrani not that far behind him now . "
"Definitely more time is needed to make a judgement call but I hope some actual competition for his spot. "
"Good looking side zip zip"
"Broncos attacked our halves and backrow spot in attack. They didn't actually test our centres defence other a couple times with Russel vs Staggs. I don't think it's fair to compare the Storm and Broncos game. "
"The right edge definitely looked more stable with Samrani, but it's hard to compare as Storm and Broncos are two different sides at the moment.
I would consider Samrani at right center and Penisini right wing, with Simmo dropping out."
I would consider Samrani at right center and Penisini right wing, with Simmo dropping out."
"The game hasn't changed as much as you'd like to think the good teams keep momentum by not making errors keeping there games simple and completing sets.
The 3 games I did watch this week were ours Riff and Melbourne.
Melbourne was the interesting…"
The 3 games I did watch this week were ours Riff and Melbourne.
Melbourne was the interesting…"
"This is his first year in fg plsying week to week. He's still raw atm but will get better as the season rolls on"
"Yep Talking Parra had Tuilagi and Pezet at 9.5 and felt that was too high considering both had issues during the game, particularly the first 25 mins."
"With To'o and his comment of "Hard work beats talent" leans into what i suspect with my comments below as well. Discipline, ie hard work to get back in the line and move up when fatigued , the cover defending the fullback getting back in…"
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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.