Go for something real obscure to minimise competition for the Australian teamI’m thinking something completely different. Field hockey, handball, basket weaving. Something I know FA about so I can sleep at night.
Maybe Kabbadi?
Go for something real obscure to minimise competition for the Australian teamI’m thinking something completely different. Field hockey, handball, basket weaving. Something I know FA about so I can sleep at night.
Had to Google Kabbadi. Spent the first 3 mins wondering who had the ball.Go for something real obscure to minimise competition for the Australian team
Maybe Kabbadi?
League background could work well I reckonHad to Google Kabbadi. Spent the first 3 mins wondering who had the ball.
Now that’s a sport where BlazePods would be a handy training tool!
Why did you have to bring this up again haha it's ****ing outrageous he's not suspended.Joey reckons Nelson should have got a 4 month suspension. I tend to agree.
Because I’m listening to SEN and they’ve been talking about it all day haha.Why did you have to bring this up again haha it's ****ing outrageous he's not suspended.
It was more intentional and more illegal than Dale's head clash, smashed a bunch of the guys teeth!
**** that sounds bad. Hard to get a good ref in the jnrs unfortunately. Sorry to hear., bet Mums unhappy. Player down here did cop two yr ban for a forearm to a player on the grnd who lost 2 teeth in the 18's.. So sometime the system works i guess.So… full tangent rant.
My son is out for the season after having his head taken off today. He was coat-hangered returning a kickoff, after which he stopped to shake off the effects. The referee didn’t penalise the coat-hanger, so about 2 seconds later he was hit by two different players while standing stationary and relaxed - one of whom hit him square in the temple, and the other who hit him from the side and jarred his shoulder. An hour later he was in hospital, having x-rays on his collarbone and vomiting from the concussion. He’ll now miss his grand final and his entire school footy season. It makes me sick what this sport has become.
That’s shocking.So… full tangent rant.
My son is out for the season after having his head taken off today. He was coat-hangered returning a kickoff, after which he stopped to shake off the effects. The referee didn’t penalise the coat-hanger, so about 2 seconds later he was hit by two different players while standing stationary and relaxed - one of whom hit him square in the temple, and the other who hit him from the side and jarred his shoulder. An hour later he was in hospital, having x-rays on his collarbone and vomiting from the concussion. He’ll now miss his grand final and his entire school footy season. It makes me sick what this sport has become.
It’s something iv been thinking of as my youngest is nearly at the age of playing league.Yep.
Thanks mate. I’ve lost all confidence in RL officials to protect players. I had another player go to hospital today with a concussion today too. No penalty. I think I need to find a new sport for both myself and my son.
Best wishes to your young fella Burgess. That ref needs investigating.So… full tangent rant.
My son is out for the season after having his head taken off today. He was coat-hangered returning a kickoff, after which he stopped to shake off the effects. The referee didn’t penalise the coat-hanger, so about 2 seconds later he was hit by two different players while standing stationary and relaxed - one of whom hit him square in the temple, and the other who hit him from the side and jarred his shoulder. An hour later he was in hospital, having x-rays on his collarbone and vomiting from the concussion. He’ll now miss his grand final and his entire school footy season. It makes me sick what this sport has become.
I think the NRL development guys are doing some great work with the TackleReady/TackleSafe programs in the very young ages, but those programs have only been running a couple of years - and the NRL have no oversight of the local leagues or refs. Our comp is the Wild West.It’s something iv been thinking of as my youngest is nearly at the age of playing league.
The concussions at young ages is the worry, my wife’s a Dr and fully against him playing especially while the brain is still in an important development stage, but I played from under 7 to jr reps and NSW cup and being 6 foot 4 and my sons looks twice his age figure he will be fine and follow my footsteps but the more and more I see and hear these days has me questioning if I steer him to basketball instead.
Issue is mate that he's not the only one. This has been going on all year.Best wishes to your young fella Burgess. That ref needs investigating.
Sweet Mary... that's awful mate. I hope your boy bounces back to full health soon.So… full tangent rant.
My son is out for the season after having his head taken off today. He was coat-hangered returning a kickoff, after which he stopped to shake off the effects. The referee didn’t penalise the coat-hanger, so about 2 seconds later he was hit by two different players while standing stationary and relaxed - one of whom hit him square in the temple, and the other who hit him from the side and jarred his shoulder. An hour later he was in hospital, having x-rays on his collarbone and vomiting from the concussion. He’ll now miss his grand final and his entire school footy season. It makes me sick what this sport has become.
NAS has massive form in this area. It's a crazy decision. He'll go straight out and offend again.Joey reckons Nelson should have got a 4 month suspension. I tend to agree.
And that's just the horses.My 3 eldest are all girls playing netball, gymnastics and horse ridding seen plenty of injuries but with time they all heal it’s what damage you can’t see that has me worried with league. Few old friends that went on and kept playing for wests all seem to be struggling with mental illness in some way or form tho plenty that have never played the game do as well
If he's on the larger size for age he be fine. It's pretty upsetting but watching yr son get carried off , and spending nights in hossie beside him. Just can be unlucky however and still a risk i guess.It’s something iv been thinking of as my youngest is nearly at the age of playing league.
The concussions at young ages is the worry, my wife’s a Dr and fully against him playing especially while the brain is still in an important development stage, but I played from under 7 to jr reps and NSW cup and being 6 foot 4 and my sons looks twice his age figure he will be fine and follow my footsteps but the more and more I see and hear these days has me questioning if I steer him to basketball instead.
If I didn't know you so well from in here Burgo, I'd say you were off your rocker with these statements. But obviously there are people in cahoots to get their teams over the line and it extends to the hierarchy. It is one thing in life I never will understand - why are some people so obsessed with winning that they have to resort to being assholes and shitheads. Boggles the mind it really does.Issue is mate that he's not the only one. This has been going on all year.
About 6 weeks ago we submitted a video to the league of...
- a player being lifted and driven in the ground a la the Cleary tackle (no penalty)
- a player being coat-hangered (no penalty)
- a player being karate kicked in the knee to save a try (no penalty)
- a ref watching a concussed player stumble and fall to the ground, and then turning his back and playing on because the home team was attacking the line down by 4 points
- refs obviously cheating. E.g.
* telling players that the double knock on rule is "first team to knock on gets the feed"
* telling players that when the home team knocks on in your in goal, it's a drop out
* extending the game 7 minutes past full time because the home team were trailing
The league refused to watch the video and sent us back a one line denial, saying that they had other refs at these games watching, and none of the things we claim actually happened.
I reckon that's what the QRL thinks.If I didn't know you so well from in here Burgo, I'd say you were off your rocker with these statements. But obviously there are people in cahoots to get their teams over the line and it extends to the hierarchy. It is one thing in life I never will understand - why are some people so obsessed with winning that they have to resort to being assholes and shitheads. Boggles the mind it really does.
I once saw a ref give the scrum feed to the blatantly wrong team off an infringement. Crowd were going off at him about it.If I didn't know you so well from in here Burgo, I'd say you were off your rocker with these statements. But obviously there are people in cahoots to get their teams over the line and it extends to the hierarchy. It is one thing in life I never will understand - why are some people so obsessed with winning that they have to resort to being assholes and shitheads. Boggles the mind it really does.