Australian Rugby / RA

[Strewthcobber]

Lolesio had a concussion in 2022 against the Springboks. Anyone have any recollection whether he's had others?

He missed the end of the regular season in 2023, and there was another one in 2022 Super Rugby too I think

 

[Braveheart81]

He missed the end of the regular season in 2023, and there was another one in 2022 Super Rugby too I think

Obviously everyone reacts differently but that's starting to get a bit worrying given the number of games he's missing with the current one.

 

[Tomikin]

Obviously everyone reacts differently but that's starting to get a bit worrying given the number of games he's missing with the current one.

Yeah, concussion are serious.I still remember a story about Anthony Fainga'a and the fact he was sat in a bathroom in Japan, not being able to go into the light. DHP and To'omua are others that coped some bad shots.

If he needs to go through time to return, we should give it to him, even if his Australia 5/8 would rather his healthy then playing.

 

[drewprint]

Yeah, concussion are serious.I still remember a story about Anthony Fainga'a and the fact he was sat in a bathroom in Japan, not being able to go into the light. DHP and To'omua are others that coped some bad shots.

If he needs to go through time to return, we should give it to him, even if his Australia 5/8 would rather his healthy then playing.

That would be the concussion DHP received from that massive leading elbow from Jordie Barrett right? Brained him. Still shits me nothing came of that. Ended his career.

 

[LearningCurve]

Dane Coles had (I think) about a season out due to concussion - everytime he tried to come back and train he would get headaches I believe. Really took a long time. For Noah you hope it is not that bad but also he has to consider the long term outlook - Nic Berry (referee) was playing for London Irish in the UK and had too many concussions so the doctors eventually refused to sign off on him returning to play so had to retire. Hate to see a player end up with long term brain damage because they wanted to keep playing.

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

Dane Coles had (I think) about a season out due to concussion - everytime he tried to come back and train he would get headaches I believe. Really took a long time. For Noah you hope it is not that bad but also he has to consider the long term outlook - Nic Berry (referee) was playing for London Irish in the UK and had too many concussions so the doctors eventually refused to sign off on him returning to play so had to retire. Hate to see a player end up with long term brain damage because they wanted to keep playing.

Would really struggle to get a baseline with Dane Coles.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Yeah, concussion are serious.I still remember a story about Anthony Fainga'a and the fact he was sat in a bathroom in Japan, not being able to go into the light. DHP and To'omua are others that coped some bad shots.

If he needs to go through time to return, we should give it to him, even if his Australia 5/8 would rather his healthy then playing.

Everyone handles them differently and I think it's the difficult part for organisations, fans and the medical teams to deal with. Some guys take shots that would put others out no problem and others get stunned by things that makes no sense. Seems like some peoples brains are allergic to contact if that makes sense.

Has to be a huge psychological effort to return to full contact training and play following a bad one as well. You want to come back badly because this a job and your'e really unlikely to earn this sort of money elsewhere but you are also scared of the long term damage and your future....

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Rugby money is getting to the point of it always being a yes

 

[Derpus]

Everyone handles them differently and I think it's the difficult part for organisations, fans and the medical teams to deal with. Some guys take shots that would put others out no problem and others get stunned by things that makes no sense. Seems like some peoples brains are allergic to contact if that makes sense.

Has to be a huge psychological effort to return to full contact training and play following a bad one as well. You want to come back badly because this a job and your'e really unlikely to earn this sort of money elsewhere but you are also scared of the long term damage and your future....

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Rugby money is getting to the point of it always being a yes

Maybe for the top tier of players. Probably not for the rest.