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Just back from mooloolaba QLD What a great result so far
Doggies pants the Sea eagles which all things considered was on the cards, and the Bunnies bashing the Woosters.
Ahh good times.
Bad start for Storm injury wise, may be too much for them to knock off the Broncs up in Brizzy next week especially if GI, and Johnstone dont make the trip.
Dogs looked like a Canterbury Bankstown outfit last Sattdy which was good, not the bunch of self important mercenaries of recent years.
Well done Dogs keep it up, there is no doubt the Bulldogs are on a mission to return to their former identity and club ethics of the halcyon years.
Warriors very nice job on the Eels who are gonna struggle imo, asking alot of Hayne at #6, Mateo will be a top player. Vatuvei now a shadow of the fumbler of a coupla seasons ago geez hes menacing and with the likes of Mannering, Tate, Hohaia, McKinnon, Kemp and Price im starting to like the look of the Warriors the more i watch them. The fact they have so many Aussies in their side now seems to have settled the brain snaps of recent to an extent and they look like a real outfit.
I wouldnt discount the Raiders tonight in a game that is a MUST win for the Tigers.
Good entertaining first rounds footy ......... great to have it back thank god we got somthing goiing on now.
Doggies pants the Sea eagles which all things considered was on the cards, and the Bunnies bashing the Woosters.
Ahh good times.
Bad start for Storm injury wise, may be too much for them to knock off the Broncs up in Brizzy next week especially if GI, and Johnstone dont make the trip.
Dogs looked like a Canterbury Bankstown outfit last Sattdy which was good, not the bunch of self important mercenaries of recent years.
Well done Dogs keep it up, there is no doubt the Bulldogs are on a mission to return to their former identity and club ethics of the halcyon years.
Warriors very nice job on the Eels who are gonna struggle imo, asking alot of Hayne at #6, Mateo will be a top player. Vatuvei now a shadow of the fumbler of a coupla seasons ago geez hes menacing and with the likes of Mannering, Tate, Hohaia, McKinnon, Kemp and Price im starting to like the look of the Warriors the more i watch them. The fact they have so many Aussies in their side now seems to have settled the brain snaps of recent to an extent and they look like a real outfit.
I wouldnt discount the Raiders tonight in a game that is a MUST win for the Tigers.
Good entertaining first rounds footy ......... great to have it back thank god we got somthing goiing on now.
Ben Ross career likely over after suffering broken vertebrae in his lower neck on Sat night.
Talk about an unlucky bloke fair dinkum. Good player career ruined by injury.
I must admit from watching the game on tv i as a medical professional i couldnt help noticed somthing that many may find strange i will explain here. Please dont go silly and carry on when i post this im being serious ok.
It was obvious watching Ross on the stretcher as he was being stretchered from the ground with obvious concern for his neck that he was sporting some wood in his shorts, whilst commentators were doing the usual hope hes ok routine and bad luck stuff i was in fact feeling quite concerned for Bens well being because of this fact.
Now the point of this observation from my point is that told me straight away that Ben was in for a serious diagnosis with his injury as a "priaprism or erection without mental, physical or emotional, stimulation is a primary red hot indicator or primary symptom or sign of significance when it comes to spinal injury"
The releases stating he lost feeling in one arm and had trouble breathing made my observation and initial fear a very correct one.
The lower areas of the neck are involved in innovating the diapraghm and breathing thus injury and swelling to this area affects breathing and the swelling will effect nerves that run off this area of the spine causing parasthesia or even paralysis which often ease off after swelling on the spinal cord dissipates. Such presentations are quite expected with fractures to the spinal or neck vertebrae and prove just how fragile these areas are.
Best wishes to Ben for a full recovery but i reckon the kid might wanna hang the boots up now.......... if he aint forced to by a neurolgist which i reckon he will be.
Talk about an unlucky bloke fair dinkum. Good player career ruined by injury.
I must admit from watching the game on tv i as a medical professional i couldnt help noticed somthing that many may find strange i will explain here. Please dont go silly and carry on when i post this im being serious ok.
It was obvious watching Ross on the stretcher as he was being stretchered from the ground with obvious concern for his neck that he was sporting some wood in his shorts, whilst commentators were doing the usual hope hes ok routine and bad luck stuff i was in fact feeling quite concerned for Bens well being because of this fact.
Now the point of this observation from my point is that told me straight away that Ben was in for a serious diagnosis with his injury as a "priaprism or erection without mental, physical or emotional, stimulation is a primary red hot indicator or primary symptom or sign of significance when it comes to spinal injury"
The releases stating he lost feeling in one arm and had trouble breathing made my observation and initial fear a very correct one.
The lower areas of the neck are involved in innovating the diapraghm and breathing thus injury and swelling to this area affects breathing and the swelling will effect nerves that run off this area of the spine causing parasthesia or even paralysis which often ease off after swelling on the spinal cord dissipates. Such presentations are quite expected with fractures to the spinal or neck vertebrae and prove just how fragile these areas are.
Best wishes to Ben for a full recovery but i reckon the kid might wanna hang the boots up now.......... if he aint forced to by a neurolgist which i reckon he will be.
Looks like Manly still don't get it :-\
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25202715-2722,00.html
Manly wary of NRL double standard
MANLY has called on the NRL to show consistency in punishing players for anti-social off field behaviour as the code was rocked by two more alcohol-related incidents.
The Sydney Roosters yesterday fined rookie hooker Jake Friend $10,000 for a high-range drink driving offence, while there were reports last night that Sharks halfback Brett Seymour had disgraced himself outside a Cronulla nightclub.
Both players were named to play by their respective clubs yesterday, with Friend to line up against Canberra on Sunday while Seymour will face Newcastle on Monday night. The two incidents come less than a week after the NRL stood down Brett Stewart until round five for breaching its code of conduct guidelines regarding behaviour under the influence of alcohol.
Stewart, who was the face of the NRL's $1.5million advertising campaign before being dumped, will face Manly Local Court on April 7 after allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl following the premier's boozy season launch.
The NRL maintained the four-match suspension had nothing to do with the police investigation but was because Stewart had tarnished the game's image after being refused service and being asked to leave the Manly Wharf Hotel following the function.
While most applauded the league's hardline stance - especially after the Manly board had cleared Stewart to play in the club's opening game of the season against the Bulldogs - others were seething.
The players' union issued a statement saying Stewart had been singled out, while Sea Eagles players discussed boycotting NRL functions including the Dally M awards as a protest against their teammate's punishment.
Manly coach Des Hasler did not want to buy into the other incidents yesterday, but said the NRL had set a precedent for dealing with off-field behaviour.
"I think they've probably drawn a line in the sand," Hasler said. "Personally, the four-week suspension on Stewart is tough given some past indiscretions. That's the NRL's call, I can't do anything about that, but it will be interesting to see now if David Gallop maintains the consistency."
Friend, 19, will appear in court next month after blowing three times the legal limit yesterday morning. Sources told The Australian yesterday the Roosters No9 had been at a players' meeting that was held following the club's embarrassing 52-12 loss to South Sydney on Sunday.
The club has an alcohol policy in place stating players are only permitted to drink the day after a game. Friend's Holden Commodore was pulled over at a random breath-testing site in Sydney at about 3.45am.
He returned a positive result and was arrested and taken to Waverley Police Station where a breath analysis was conducted and a reading returned of 0.162.
Friend was charged with high range PCA, had his licence suspended and was granted bail to appear in Waverley Local Court on April 14.
Friend and his manager Steve Gillis were summoned yesterday afternoon to appear before the club's disciplinary committee headed by chief executive Steve Noyce.
After taking into account his remorse, honesty and clean record, the club fined him $10,000, a sixth of his $60,000 a season contract, but retained him for Sunday's match against the Raiders.
Friend was also ordered to undertake appropriate education and counselling, become involved in a program on the consequences of drink driving, and engage in the traffic offenders program.
A statement from the Roosters said: "The club believes that these rehabilitation measures are in the best interest of both the player and the game and will provide a much better outcome than standing the player down."
NRL chief executive David Gallop issued a brief statement following the Roosters' action.
"We expect to receive a full report from the club but we note that this is a serious issue and that they have acted quickly in imposing a substantial fine," Gallop said. "We will consider our position once we receive the report." While the NRL will not act until it receives the reports from both clubs, it is understood it is becoming increasingly frustrated by players' poor behaviour. At this stage the league could go either way on whether it stands down both Friend and Seymour in an attempt to issue another strong message.
Seymour is being investigated by the club after a night out on Sunday which allegedly saw him publicly urinate in his pants outside a Cronulla nightclub.
The Sharks' playmaker is also said to have fallen asleep in a garden bed where he was photographed by members of the public. Seymour was sacked by the Brisbane Broncos in 2006 after an alcohol-related incident.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25202715-2722,00.html
Manly wary of NRL double standard
MANLY has called on the NRL to show consistency in punishing players for anti-social off field behaviour as the code was rocked by two more alcohol-related incidents.
The Sydney Roosters yesterday fined rookie hooker Jake Friend $10,000 for a high-range drink driving offence, while there were reports last night that Sharks halfback Brett Seymour had disgraced himself outside a Cronulla nightclub.
Both players were named to play by their respective clubs yesterday, with Friend to line up against Canberra on Sunday while Seymour will face Newcastle on Monday night. The two incidents come less than a week after the NRL stood down Brett Stewart until round five for breaching its code of conduct guidelines regarding behaviour under the influence of alcohol.
Stewart, who was the face of the NRL's $1.5million advertising campaign before being dumped, will face Manly Local Court on April 7 after allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl following the premier's boozy season launch.
The NRL maintained the four-match suspension had nothing to do with the police investigation but was because Stewart had tarnished the game's image after being refused service and being asked to leave the Manly Wharf Hotel following the function.
While most applauded the league's hardline stance - especially after the Manly board had cleared Stewart to play in the club's opening game of the season against the Bulldogs - others were seething.
The players' union issued a statement saying Stewart had been singled out, while Sea Eagles players discussed boycotting NRL functions including the Dally M awards as a protest against their teammate's punishment.
Manly coach Des Hasler did not want to buy into the other incidents yesterday, but said the NRL had set a precedent for dealing with off-field behaviour.
"I think they've probably drawn a line in the sand," Hasler said. "Personally, the four-week suspension on Stewart is tough given some past indiscretions. That's the NRL's call, I can't do anything about that, but it will be interesting to see now if David Gallop maintains the consistency."
Friend, 19, will appear in court next month after blowing three times the legal limit yesterday morning. Sources told The Australian yesterday the Roosters No9 had been at a players' meeting that was held following the club's embarrassing 52-12 loss to South Sydney on Sunday.
The club has an alcohol policy in place stating players are only permitted to drink the day after a game. Friend's Holden Commodore was pulled over at a random breath-testing site in Sydney at about 3.45am.
He returned a positive result and was arrested and taken to Waverley Police Station where a breath analysis was conducted and a reading returned of 0.162.
Friend was charged with high range PCA, had his licence suspended and was granted bail to appear in Waverley Local Court on April 14.
Friend and his manager Steve Gillis were summoned yesterday afternoon to appear before the club's disciplinary committee headed by chief executive Steve Noyce.
After taking into account his remorse, honesty and clean record, the club fined him $10,000, a sixth of his $60,000 a season contract, but retained him for Sunday's match against the Raiders.
Friend was also ordered to undertake appropriate education and counselling, become involved in a program on the consequences of drink driving, and engage in the traffic offenders program.
A statement from the Roosters said: "The club believes that these rehabilitation measures are in the best interest of both the player and the game and will provide a much better outcome than standing the player down."
NRL chief executive David Gallop issued a brief statement following the Roosters' action.
"We expect to receive a full report from the club but we note that this is a serious issue and that they have acted quickly in imposing a substantial fine," Gallop said. "We will consider our position once we receive the report." While the NRL will not act until it receives the reports from both clubs, it is understood it is becoming increasingly frustrated by players' poor behaviour. At this stage the league could go either way on whether it stands down both Friend and Seymour in an attempt to issue another strong message.
Seymour is being investigated by the club after a night out on Sunday which allegedly saw him publicly urinate in his pants outside a Cronulla nightclub.
The Sharks' playmaker is also said to have fallen asleep in a garden bed where he was photographed by members of the public. Seymour was sacked by the Brisbane Broncos in 2006 after an alcohol-related incident.
