Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Knights

[King Salvo]

Does that mean he will be available or not for next week?

They go through a series of protocol stages- rest and return to light training then full training if they pass all the protocol stages - For 5 day turnarounds they don't usually play as they run out of time to go through all these protocol stages.- 5 steps or stages

Min 24 hours between each step

• Step 1: Symptom Limited Activity- Rest
• Step 2: Aerobic Exercise.
• Step 3: Football Specific Exercise
• Step 4: Club-Based Non-Contact Training Drills.
• Step 5: Full Football Activity/Clearance

With 6 days between this game and the next one vs Manly both Smith and Radley are a chance of playing if they have no side affects and get through the HIA protocol stages and are cleared by a Doctor to resume playing

[HDTONE]

Hope so we are gonna need Rads and would be good to see Smithy injury free for a bit

[mattyh]

in good news ...brandon smith has broken his hand so at least he wont be getting bashed around for the next 6 or so weeks ....

[Jacks Fur Coat]

They go through a series of protocol stages- rest and return to light training then full training if they pass all the protocol stages - For 5 day turnarounds they don't usually play as they run out of time to go through all these protocol stages.- 5 steps or stages

Min 24 hours between each step

• Step 1: Symptom Limited Activity- Rest
• Step 2: Aerobic Exercise.
• Step 3: Football Specific Exercise
• Step 4: Club-Based Non-Contact Training Drills.
• Step 5: Full Football Activity/Clearance

With 6 days between this game and the next one vs Manly both Smith and Radley are a chance of playing if they have no side affects and get through the HIA protocol stages and are cleared by a Doctor to resume playing

Did you ever go on Mastermind, King?

[King Salvo]

Did you ever go on Mastermind, King?

I applied once but didn't make the cut - same for Hard Quiz.

[fletch]

Failed his HIA assessment i understand

He didn't fail an HIA he was ruled a category 1 case by the independent doctor in the bunker and therefore was immediately ruled out, Robbo addressed it post game neither Radley or Smith had any concussion symptoms.

[Monaco's Fan Club]

We weren’t ready, Robbo has put his hand up.. Poor.

[Rooster_6]

They go through a series of protocol stages- rest and return to light training then full training if they pass all the protocol stages - For 5 day turnarounds they don't usually play as they run out of time to go through all these protocol stages.- 5 steps or stages

Min 24 hours between each step

• Step 1: Symptom Limited Activity- Rest
• Step 2: Aerobic Exercise.
• Step 3: Football Specific Exercise
• Step 4: Club-Based Non-Contact Training Drills.
• Step 5: Full Football Activity/Clearance

With 6 days between this game and the next one vs Manly both Smith and Radley are a chance of playing if they have no side affects and get through the HIA protocol stages and are cleared by a Doctor to resume playing

Given that neither were unconscious and passed their HIA’s I wonder if they will need to go through the protocols?

[King Salvo]

He didn't fail an HIA he was ruled a category 1 case by the independent doctor in the bunker and therefore was immediately ruled out, Robbo addressed it post game neither Radley or Smith had any concussion symptoms.

I can see this blowing up a Doctor hundreds and or thousands of Kilometres away ruling players out of games including potential "professional" disagreements between the Bunker Doctors and the Doctors at the ground as the Bunker Doctor has the final say.

May need some sort of consultative approach to category 1's. i.e Player comes off for a HIA if there are doubts of it being a Category 1 perhaps.

Club doctors will still have the right to take players out of the game for concussion tests if the symptoms aren't Category 1 in nature.

It's understood the NRL's independent doctors in the bunker will have direct contact with club doctors at grounds, and access to all camera angles in the bunker, as NRL Video officials have in the modern game.


As per the NRL Physio's explanation


Category 1 - automatically ruled out for the game

Category 2 - should be removed from the field for a HIA

[mattyh]

i really hope we are not in for a cowboys 2018 season where they got jt back after a good season and everyone said it was their year and they bombed big time

[King Salvo]

Given that neither were unconscious and passed their HIA’s I wonder if they will need to go through the protocols?

I did hear that Radley failed his HIA after being taken from the field?- if so he will have to go through the protocol stages - Smith may well have to as well since he was removed from the field under Category 1 as a precautionary measure at least.

[milanja]

in good news ...brandon smith has broken his hand so at least he wont be getting bashed around for the next 6 or so weeks ....

Two suspected ACLs for the storm now too, welch and Jennings.

[Rooster_6]

Welch apparently a ruptured Achilles.

I’d love to see the injury record ground by ground, Western Sydney Stadium seems to be a bit of a doozy.

[bondi.boy]

Gagai having a field day

His opposition was poor.

[bondi.boy]

Two suspected ACLs for the storm now too, welch and Jennings.

At divot-central stadium at Parra.
The surface looked shall we say 'not the best'.