Official 2024 NRL General Discussion

[BurgoShark]

The big kid who gets a sudden urge to develop his passing game after being sat down hard once in the game

yeah I've seen him too.

... or the one who was the star front rower until 14, came back and played one trial against kids who had caught up - so asked to play 5/8.

 

[Sparkles]

Sign him up

Straight into 5/8

 

[BurgoShark]

AIS have announced new guidelines for concussion in youth and community sport.

These are consistent with what the NRL’s guidelines are for juniors and community footy already. The trick with RL is trying to get the coaches, players and parents to actually follow it. Still the Wild West out there imo. Schools are even worse than clubs.

New concussion protocols announced for grassroots sports with mandatory extended ban after head knocks

New concussion guidelines to help protect Australia's grassroots athletes have been introduced. The guidelines, announced on Thursday by sports and medical officials, include a…

www.theroar.com.au

https://www.concussioninsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1133994/37382_Concussion-Guidelines-for-community-and-youth-FA-acc.pdf

 

[bort]

Wow with RFM gone apparently the dogs have zero players form their 2021 top 30!?

That’s pretty insane

 

[HaroldBishop]

Touch over 4 weeks until the season starts!

 

[Proud Shark]

Touch over 4 weeks until the season starts!

Two weeks till trials.

 

[Seenoevil]

Broncos recruit suffers training injury as season approaches

He will await scans on the injury.

www.zerotackle.com

 

[Seenoevil]

Slater picks five bolters in 34-man QLD pre-season squad as Origin threepeat plans ramp up

Slater picks five bolters in 34-man QLD pre-season squad as Origin threepeat plans ramp up

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Western Sharkie]

Broncos recruit suffers training injury as season approaches

He will await scans on the injury.

www.zerotackle.com

Poor bastard
had to play for StMerge last year, then gets injured when he gets to a competitive club (notice I didn’t say “good club”)

 

[Western Sharkie]

Slater picks five bolters in 34-man QLD pre-season squad as Origin threepeat plans ramp up

Slater picks five bolters in 34-man QLD pre-season squad as Origin threepeat plans ramp up

www.foxsports.com.au

No Sharks

2 named for NSW…..
I”m more Hopeful thou as Madge is a better coach over that fraud he replaced

Madge showing his experience already with Utoikamanu’s omission

“Utoikamanu is still a part of the Blues’ long-term plans and Maguire has reached out to him”.

 

[BurgoShark]

No Sharks

2 named for NSW…..
I”m more Hopeful thou as Madge is a better coach over that fraud he replaced

Madge showing his experience already with Utoikamanu’s omission

“Utoikamanu is still a part of the Blues’ long-term plans and Maguire has reached out to him”.

Didn't think Trindall, Atkinson or Berrell were strong contenders

 

[Western Sharkie]

Didn't think Trindall, Atkinson or Berrell were strong contenders

They should be all shoe-ins!

 

[BurgoShark]

They should be all shoe-ins!

Maybe if Fittler was picking for Qld

 

[Western Sharkie]

Maybe if Fittler was picking for Qld

Small tip.

Don't let that fraud anywhere near your squad…….

 

[BurgoShark]

Small tip.

Don't let that fraud anywhere near your squad…….

How did you know that was my nickname?

 

[Western Sharkie]

How did you know that was my nickname?

Hunch.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Man this is pretty crook.

A paramedic who attended a training dojo where rising rugby league star Keith Titmuss collapsed and suffered a seizure before dying said the former Manly player had a temperature “they’d never seen before”.

The opening day of a coronial inquest into the death of former Manly player Titmuss heard the 20-year-old had a temperature of 41.9 degrees when an ambulance arrived at the Sydney Academy of Sport at Narrabeen after a pre-season training session in November 2020.

Counsel assisting the inquest, Adam Casselden, said in his opening address the paramedic took Titmuss’ temperature three times because he “did not believe” the recording and could “literally feel the heat radiating off” the player.

The inquest heard Titmuss likely died of exertional heatstroke on the first day of the Sea Eagles’ NRL pre-season training. He’d been through standard NRL player testing in the days prior.

Casselden told the inquest Titmuss was involuntary howling during the seizure after becoming “distressed and disoriented” inside a dojo at the club’s Narrabeen training base.

The inquest heard Titmuss suffered a seizure for “seven or eight minutes” after completing the second part of a training session inside the dojo, having earlier spent 90 to 100 minutes on the field.

Titmuss’ temperature on day of death was highest paramedic had ever seen

Josh Schuster told the opening day of a coronial inquest into the death of the former Manly player the club’s dojo was “the hottest it’s ever been” as he recalled the harrowing details of his best mate’s seizure.

www.smh.com.au

 

[bort]

Pretty awful
Can see why they are investigating when bloke got that hot on a 25 degree day, and Manly's second big issue with heatstroke in a few years.
Such high humidity in a stuffy space often worse than higher temperature. He likely just kept working and working and his body couldn't cool down.

You'd like to think all the clubs have trained medical staff on-site especially if they are putting blokes through 100 minutes of field work (presumably fitness, not light ball work) and then doing another strenuous session afterwards.
Hopefully if nothing else this can be (/already was) a lesson to all clubs they need to be keeping a close eye on guys and conditions when putting them through their paces.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Man this is pretty crook.

Wow, that’s scary stuff
Feel for his family having to relive it

 

[stormshark]

Yeah agree. Same general idea though. When you are kid you can get by or stand out just by being bigger than other kids. Real test of the kid in the video is how hard he runs against kids he knows can tackle him.

I've seen plenty of kids who can score 3 tries a game against the weaker teams but won't take a hit-up in their own half against the good ones.

100%, will generally look up, run 2 out from ruck ,towards side line( generally will favour one side most of their jnr days) , out to weaker defenders.