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Both coaches retired of Thursday’s clash astatine Allianz Stadium concede much needs to beryllium done to support players from kick-offs, with Trent Robinson expecting the NRL to enact a regularisation alteration soon successful a bid to lessen the hazard of concussion.
Dragons centre Mosese Suli became the latest subordinate to beryllium knocked retired from a kick-off after helium clashed heads with Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves arsenic helium tried to tackle him successful the opening fewer seconds.
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Suli was ruled retired instantly and the makeshift near borderline defended admirably against Joseph Manu and Dom Young, though it mattered small arsenic the Roosters piled connected 60 points connected Anzac Day.
There person been respective sickening collisions already this season, with Bulldogs prop Poasa Faamausili knocked retired connected the opening transportation erstwhile helium collided with Sharks fastener Cameron McInnes.
Player information has ne'er been much important, with sporting codes astir the satellite trying to find ways to trim dense collisions that tin pb to encephalon trauma.
“It’s a unspeakable mode to commencement a game, and we did miss him due to the fact that he’s almighty from the backmost of the field. We couldn’t triumph that conflict from the backmost of the tract and we were ever kicking from wrong our 40,” Dragons manager Shane Flanagan said.
“We privation to play this truly pugnacious gladiator sport, and we privation to get down determination – particularly disconnected kick-offs – and person truly bully interaction with front-rowers.
“But we spot it excessively often. I don’t cognize the answer, but we spot it excessively often.
“When it happens to 1 of your players, it’s not bully to see. I don’t cognize however we halt it, unless we commencement with a play the ball, and that’s not thing I’d similar to see.
“In the modern game, we can’t person these concussions. We request to look aft the players.
“The abbreviated dropouts and each that person astir apt changed it a small bit, but I don’t cognize the answer.”
Sharks seasoned Dale Finucane retired earlier this week owed to repeated caput knocks, and helium won’t beryllium the past fixed however large immoderate of the collisions are.
It’s wherefore determination person been calls for the NRL to tinker with the kick-offs similar the NFL has done, with suggestions it should conscionable beryllium a play the shot to trim the spread betwixt the shot bearer and defenders who are charging successful to acceptable the tone.
“It’s a truly hard 1 due to the fact that I emotion kick-offs due to the fact that they acceptable a connection to however we wanted to play today,” Trent Robinson said.
“But we don’t privation to spot that for Moses.
“I deliberation we tin spot that we’re getting to the constituent wherever it needs to shift. I deliberation they tried to bash it done the abbreviated kick-offs, but it’s not enough.
“Field presumption is inactive a truly large portion of the game, truthful you request to get down there. I deliberation we’re getting person to a alteration soon.”
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