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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"Daniel Mortimer,
Restarts are worse than penalities as there is no break in the clock, and no time to reset the defensive line, creating a vicious cycle of momentum and fatigue.
Actually, for most of the Storm v Eels game errors were equal.
Errors…"
Restarts are worse than penalities as there is no break in the clock, and no time to reset the defensive line, creating a vicious cycle of momentum and fatigue.
Actually, for most of the Storm v Eels game errors were equal.
Errors…"
"Thanks mate, it worked."
"Rubbish. Have a look at the lopsideed scores the whole round. Manly had 11 mins straight of possession before Canberra got the ball. The NRL has called for this type of officiating and many teams were not ready for it. If you put teams under…"
"Good news, Storm targeted our unorganised left side really well. Pezet was their first target, once they got him the domino of Kelly and Russell fell quite easily. Although, Storm really got us through the ruck all night as that's where their…"
"TDS is not first grade level. Do not pick players who are not up to it. Joash is a fullback, do not pick players out of position.Walker is going to have to cover Smith for his rests. Walker is off contract, he will rise to the occasion."
"TolEllts, Great point. Once momentum kept going against us, we just had no answers. We lost our way. The ref was never going to let us win that game, but we could've avoided that huge blowout. And not get bullied as much.
We kicked for 66m in the…"
We kicked for 66m in the…"
"Iamnot, spot on. Manly get 4-straight restarts. Lead 14-0. Then, Raiders get 5-straight restarts. They come back 14-12. Must be just pure co-incidence it keeps happening...
I used to think refs were just used as an excuse by coaches, but nowadays…"
I used to think refs were just used as an excuse by coaches, but nowadays…"
"HOE - interesting that after blowing the pea out of the whistle for 48 mins (one set restart every 5 mins), there was only one blown in the last 32 minutes of the game. You can't tell me that players all of a sudden became ultra-disciplined. "
"Could easily get rid of the kick for touch option on a penalty. Make it so that the only options are a tap restart or a kick for goal."
"We keep talking about the great Raiders come back after being down early 14-0. You know what helped? Raiders got 5-straight six-agains after the 8th min after Manly's lead. Every restart till fulltime, bar one. Restarts are worse than penalties…"
"Look TDS ain't going anywhere anytime soon, but i think it is more paletable if Joash is that 14 where he can fill in at Hooker for short mins and also play other positions if needed, as opposed to a straight up Hooker. TDS can still be in the 19."
"doorey should get dropped not up to it bro gets tired too easily, we need a bench of
Walker
Tuivaiti
Moretti
TDS
stick solid with TDS, Ryley can't play 80 ATM"
Walker
Tuivaiti
Moretti
TDS
stick solid with TDS, Ryley can't play 80 ATM"
"I think Ryles will go Williams to middle, Tuilagi on edge and Guymer 18. Just with Brisbane you'd want experience on that edge. "
"JDB made a lot of tackles last week and only missed 2 but gees he's slow on his feet, so was Kautoga for thst matter. Would like to see Guymer or Moretti get a run-both are good with line speed in d.
Big fan of Ryley but he had his worst game as an…"
Big fan of Ryley but he had his worst game as an…"
"Yet they still have that spine. As long as they have that spine they will be in finals. Munster has a few years left, as does Hughes. But Grant and Fa'alogo have a fair while left and they'll have a 6 & 7 in lower grades ready to pop up.
So yeah…"
So yeah…"
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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.