NRL Confirms 'Brain Bunker' for 2019

[TheDaBoss]

NRL confirms ‘Brain Bunker’ for 2019
The NRL will introduce ‘Brain Bunkers’ for the 2019 season in a move to help monitor concussions more effectively.

The concussion spotters will be used in every game to assist doctors in spotting for possible head knocks and to ensure players receive adequate treatment thereafter.

After trialing a range of techniques last season in a bid to reduce concussions, bunkers were seen as the most successful method to determine whether a player needed to exit a game to have a Head Injury Assessment (HIA).

Increasing the protection of players with concussions will legally help the NRL protect itself against retired players who take legal action against the league.

NRL Head of Football Graham Annesley said doctors would still be used on the boundary to assess potential HIAs.

“They are at the ground and in the best position to make a medical decision,” he told the Daily Telegraph.

“But player welfare is always our priority and anything which helps identify potential head knocks is positive for the game.”

Annesley was confident that the combination of doctors at the ground and bunkers would put the NRL at the forefront of all sporting codes in monitoring concussions and protecting player’s health.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Oh for a minute there I thought they were going to let someone with an actual brain operate the bunker next season!

 

[innsaneink]

An in depth article…chock full of details and facts

Ive seen some garbage articles but this takes the cake...not worth wasting more time on than i already have

 

[Red88_Tiger]

I always think of the gf when this is a topic of discussion.
Would Sam burgess have been taken off when souths won or would they turn a blind eye

 

[Demps]

Wonder if they can use it off field for all the gronks who keep committing crimes and acts of violence.

 

[happy_tiger]

An in depth article…chock full of details and facts

Ive seen some garbage articles but this takes the cake...not worth wasting more time on than i already have

Brain Bunker …...is that were all the officials share one brain and get decisions wrong and find another way to contrive results

 

[jadtiger]

Its actually a brilliant plan designed to get a someone decent to run the NRL.The most concussed player after each weeks games gets to do Todds job the next week.Win win win you protect a player from brain damage for a week and Todd can do an audit of the office crayons

 

[tig_prmz]

i've been calling for independent doctors for ages

good decision. need to take bias and subjectiveness out of decisions like these

 

[newtiger]

Are they looking for Todd Greenburg's they have a huge job ahead of them.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Have to play NRL games on a golf course soon as there’s that many friggin bunkers!

 

[happy_tiger]

Have to play NRL games on a golf course soon as there’s that many friggin bunkers!

LOL at times there was so much sand at Campbelltown , you thought you might be able to dig up some pippis

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Have to play NRL games on a golf course soon as there’s that many friggin bunkers!

LOL at times there was so much sand at Campbelltown , you thought you might be able to dig up some pippis

I’m picturing a cartoon:
Commentator says, “let’s cross to the NRL Brain Bunker.” Next shot is of Todd Greenberg staring at an empty cupboard saying, “no brains here!”

 

[happy_tiger]

Have to play NRL games on a golf course soon as there’s that many friggin bunkers!

LOL at times there was so much sand at Campbelltown , you thought you might be able to dig up some pippis

I’m picturing a cartoon:
Commentator says, “let’s cross to the NRL Brain Bunker.” Next shot is of Todd Greenberg staring at an empty cupboard saying, “no brains here!”

He could just as easily be looking in a mirror

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Have to play NRL games on a golf course soon as there’s that many friggin bunkers!

LOL at times there was so much sand at Campbelltown , you thought you might be able to dig up some pippis

I’m picturing a cartoon:
Commentator says, “let’s cross to the NRL Brain Bunker.” Next shot is of Todd Greenberg staring at an empty cupboard saying, “no brains here!”

He could just as easily be looking in a mirror

Too true!

 

[Geo]

An in depth article…chock full of details and facts

Ive seen some garbage articles but this takes the cake...not worth wasting more time on than i already have

Brain Bunker …...is that were all the officials share one brain and get decisions wrong and find another way to contrive results

I bet it's located in Queensland…

 

[prattenparkchild]

Will this stop clubs taking advantage of the concussion rule? We saw a couple of glaring examples last season.

 

[sheer64]

Well this goes with the brainless one we had this year.

 

[Harvey]

Is this where commissioners leave their brains while they preside over a limited term making stupid decisions and screwing the game?

 

[TIGER]

This is all getting a bit too crazy, how about Rugby League players sign a contract stating that they can't take legal action in retirement due to any head injuries while playing?

Nobody is forcing these people to play Rugby League, as far as I'm concerned it's the chance you take playing a contact sport. If you're worried about your body post Footy career, go and study accounting instead of playing footy.
You have to let players take responsibility for their own health and make their own decisions, if they want to play on after getting a head knock let them, it's their body.

HIA is such a disruption to the game.

 

[Mac]

There’s always been something about Annesley I didn’t like…

From Wiki -

“In October 2013, Annesley said that he arranged for Telstra to put in mobile reception, six months prior and without charge, for a new property at Yowie Bay he bought with his wife, claiming he couldn't do his job as a minister otherwise.”

Another pollie with his snout in the trough. Why do we end up with career politicians in management positions in league? Annesley, Beattie - maybe Morrison after the May election - ‘cause his political career seems doomed.