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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"be nice to see average per team per game for comparison "
"win lose or draw, i'm no longer a fan of the 6 again. They appear to not be fairly applied to both teams.
Lets look at the games so far.
'Newcastle v Cowboys. Cowboys had quicker play the ball speed 3.3seconds average compared to Necastle 3.41…"
Lets look at the games so far.
'Newcastle v Cowboys. Cowboys had quicker play the ball speed 3.3seconds average compared to Necastle 3.41…"
"Two teams desperate to amend big round 1 defeats. The more desperate team will win"
"2086"
"Our NRL board is entirely made up of business people, insurance yaks and council workers with little or no football experience. That is a fact!
To answer your other question, it's 2 words merged."
To answer your other question, it's 2 words merged."
"The set restarts ( 6 again) are the biggest blight on the sport. Nine times out of ten nobody can figure out why they're given. They basically give the referee the power to control the outcome of games. The sooner this rule is gone the better for…"
"I didn't mind it at first, the intention sounded right, but it has absolutely taken control of every game and is now deciding game outcomes more than the performances. The refs use it for everything, and it's gotten to a point where i'm screaming at…"
"I do think if you just complete and kick to corners repeatedly, the other team will just crack eventually. Boring style but it works "
"Nah not really"
"Well you just demonstrated why I have the same right to deny anything as against nothing.
LB When you get older you get wiser, doesn't mean your more wiser than someone else just because your older. i.e. you never stop learning in this life.
You…"
LB When you get older you get wiser, doesn't mean your more wiser than someone else just because your older. i.e. you never stop learning in this life.
You…"
"Yep exactly. And brilliant attack when inside the 30m"
"Gives them the ability to push any team they want without really any explanation. Watch any bulldogs game and you will see this in full effect lol. "
"Issue is it will be here to stay. Same with that stupid kick-off rule that all bar Bennett were against. V'Landys will force it in if the coaches like it or not and ruin it more. They are trialing the kick-off rule at the end of the year on games…"
"Yep, you could see in the 2nd half we went back to the old sideline to sideline attack. Instead playing through them."
"It has always been a blight on this great game, it was never for slowing down the ruck it has always been for the 1's in charge manipulating the game. At the beginning they always showed why the six again was given than all of a sudden it stopped…"
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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.