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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"1.longi 2.simmo 3.penisini 4. Russell 5. Fox (could be back) 6.pezet 7.moses 8. Debelin 9.smith 10.junior 11.williams 12.kautoga 13.walker 14.papalili 15.tuivati 16.brown 17.samrani 18.tds 19.guymer"
"I like Twidle as well. Big body. It boils my blood when I hear Pezet is a stop gap for our young kids. Pezet isnt that much older or have had much more experience than Papalii or Twidle. If it was a Cooper Cronk, I get it, but playing another…"
"who cares about strengthening anyone else. It's about inside our walls. We need better players, obviously, Melbourne are already levels above us.
What a huge wasted of time and energy. So stupid."
What a huge wasted of time and energy. So stupid."
"We need to play basic footy and defend well, last week we tried to play frantic even when it was 4-0. Need to go set for set and get as much possesion of the ball with this stupid rule."
"Unfortunately Parra will get raped."
"Bloody forgot Moretti, swap out Talataina and replace with Moretti"
"Iongi - Samrani - Penisini - Russell - Fox
Pezet - Moses
Sam - Smith - Paulo
Kautoga - Tuilagi - Williams
Guymer - T Brown - TDS - Joash - Walker - deBelin - Talataina
Has Parra challenged Hopgood suspension?"
Pezet - Moses
Sam - Smith - Paulo
Kautoga - Tuilagi - Williams
Guymer - T Brown - TDS - Joash - Walker - deBelin - Talataina
Has Parra challenged Hopgood suspension?"
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"Who? No idea who this blog is about"
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1) I expect the Eels' left edge to get a workout vs Broncos. The left edge of Kautoga, Pezet and Kelly were defensively awful against the Storm. Broncos have two threats coming that left edges' way: Walsh sweeping left to right and…"
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"it's a sick joke"
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"Yep your probably correct"
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"Chris Butler, the wanker ref, was at the bunker. He had redefined the meaning of backward and forward."
"Heard Brent Read will take leave of absence due to the news, he's too depressed that the NRL will cease to exist due to losing a Winger."
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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.