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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"Su'A opted to leave, he didn't take his player option"
"Yeah there is the balance but the amount of rocks and diamonds in the halves, I would rather Volkman if you are in a close game."
"I don't think a comment of that nature is called for"
"Brave effort.
All i can say is that Jason Ryles is definitely the right person like I've been saying all along
Anyone that says another coach could do better with half a reserve grade outfit, a brand new 9 and 3 players coming back from serious…"
All i can say is that Jason Ryles is definitely the right person like I've been saying all along
Anyone that says another coach could do better with half a reserve grade outfit, a brand new 9 and 3 players coming back from serious…"
"I was listening to a few podcasts during the week. Apparently now they don't get suspended out of origin because all the clubs complained that they were losing there stars out of a game that is for the nrl showcase. Why should the clubs suffer who…"
"If Ponga was out (which he should have been) would have made it easier but their silly frantic errors cost the game"
"lol depressing dive bar...so long as its on par with the Tollgate or Rose and Crown"
"Neither are first grade halves. But considering their experience gave it a good shake. "
"Depends which way you look at it. Volkman attack is far superior than Papalii. But than Volkman defence was much worse than Papalii"
"That was a frustrating game where we beat ourselves more then them beating us.
We are bottom team for a reason and can't complain when we get beaten by better teams for us to win we need alot to go our way "
We are bottom team for a reason and can't complain when we get beaten by better teams for us to win we need alot to go our way "
"How about support players drop back a bit, Russell was ordinary today. Only lost by 6 againstfull strength Knights and Ponga shouldn't have played. With all the BS about protecting the head they let that BS on Wednesday get by with a fine"
"you are kidding CP arent you .....he cant defend"
"Yeah not good enough, a loss never is. But at the same time you are right a full strength Newcastle at home and day time should have put a number on. We held on. Ryles got them up, Volkman had a solid enough game. Though there a few that were…"
"Exactly. They only lost by 6 and hopefully next year they will be better
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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.