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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"are we saying is we finish in the 8 and beaten by a top side its alright we had good year , thats bull shit , we need to aim for a top 4 spot and damn well convince ourselves we can beat the top teams
if we beat the Panther on saturday wont be a…"
if we beat the Panther on saturday wont be a…"
"That's not cheating though again it's just another way to attack the escort rule."
"Yeah definitely is. Could Payten's last by then."
"That doesn't sound like us, Gucci.
The thing with restarts is you can't keep doing it repeatedly — successive restarts, around 3-straight — is a sin bin.
Storm almost got a sin bin for doing it against in R1. Alas, they did it at the end of the…"
The thing with restarts is you can't keep doing it repeatedly — successive restarts, around 3-straight — is a sin bin.
Storm almost got a sin bin for doing it against in R1. Alas, they did it at the end of the…"
"Last year our middle defence was the same early on
it improved as the season went on, hopefully the same for this year "
it improved as the season went on, hopefully the same for this year "
"I swear on these sites we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. If we don't exploit the rules we are behind the rest of the power house clubs, shit coaching staff, we abuse the rules like Penrith and Melbourne, we are cheats, penalise us."
"Even if they don't raise their arms I don't think it's a penalty because as you said they get into position very early "
"We are doing what we should be doing. Exploiting the rules to the letter of the rule. Our players are taking up a position early and abiding by the contesting rules by raising their arms. I'd love to hear a referee try to justify a penalty in this…"
"we still need to be competetive in "these:|" games if we cant beat the top teams whats the point , our playing group isnt going to get any stronger than what we have , weakest link besides Kelly , Debelin is Junior PAulo
to turn around and say we…"
to turn around and say we…"
"kids love to play in the NRL , we cant keep waiting till they are 30 years old and buy them back from another club we gave them to 15 years ago"
"Yeah, I realised that after typing it. Still a game we should win."
"Right and ruin their confidence v Penrith. Kelly is not good but experienced "
"NQ isn't in Sydney but yeah our draw isn't too bad after this week."
"There should be a warning then sin bin for a second offence. Its cheating. Its worse than being caught offside after a tap because its pre meditated.
Vlandys has to use the bin
And now there's a view that Parramatta is cheating by players placing…"
Vlandys has to use the bin
And now there's a view that Parramatta is cheating by players placing…"
"Woudn't surpise me if T Brown after another NRL preason is starting in the front row with Tuivita next year. Moretti might just be kept for bench roles."
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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.