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Six Nations 2018

ColchesterFC said:
Glad Ireland nicked that after the french guy limped off with an obvious knee injury and it was claimed to be a head injury assessment. At best that's gamesmanship and at worst (and in my view) it's cheating.
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It is & the game has a problem with HIA being abused. But if a dr says it’s a head knock what do you do ?
 
therod said:
It is & the game has a problem with HIA being abused. But if a dr says it’s a head knock what do you do ?
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I don't lay any blame with the ref, he has to go with what the doctor tells him. But, it's clear from the replays that there was no contact with the head. Is it an independent doctor or is it the French team doctor that makes the call? And if it is an independent doctor what can he do if the player comes off and says he's been hit in the head?

I was cooking dinner during the match and it was only afterwards that I heard that there had been a second similar incident where the player went off, also with a knee injury, and it was claimed to be a head injury assessment.
 
ColchesterFC said:
I don't lay any blame with the ref, he has to go with what the doctor tells him. But, it's clear from the replays that there was no contact with the head. Is it an independent doctor or is it the French team doctor that makes the call? And if it is an independent doctor what can he do if the player comes off and says he's been hit in the head?

I was cooking dinner during the match and it was only afterwards that I heard that there had been a second similar incident where the player went off, also with a knee injury, and it was claimed to be a head injury assessment.
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It used to be team dr. The French have got form for this. It may have changed now, but it undermines all the good stuff on player safety. It’s like the game hasn’t learned any lessons from bloodgate
 
Scotland weren’t direct enough, Ireland were too one dimensional, France are basically big and nothing more & Wales were good (but would they have been good enough against a decent side?)
 
ColchesterFC said:
I don't lay any blame with the ref, he has to go with what the doctor tells him. But, it's clear from the replays that there was no contact with the head. Is it an independent doctor or is it the French team doctor that makes the call? And if it is an independent doctor what can he do if the player comes off and says he's been hit in the head?

I was cooking dinner during the match and it was only afterwards that I heard that there had been a second similar incident where the player went off, also with a knee injury, and it was claimed to be a head injury assessment.
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I understood it to be the 'match' doctor that made the call rather than a 'team' doctor...
 
murphthemog said:
Not so much now!
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No; lost a little bit of intensity when Youngs went off and have let Italy back into it but fully expect them to pick it up again in the 2nd half after they get a rocket from Eddie!!
 
Old Skier said:
It appears that it only takes players from a little town in Wales to crush the might Scots.
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That 'little town in Wales' has produced a couple of other victories over touring teams before! I can even remember listening to one of them!!

Grapes a bit sour Doon?
 
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