can't do much about knees and corkies - that's just down to luck.

You don't get to chose your parents, your work partners nor your knees.

In the clubs defense they did say early in the year they're upping the training loads and soft tissue injuries might happen more this year

2024 is the year. We'd want to see an uptick in wins and a decline in soft tissue injuries.

yeah ok... i missed this. short term pain for longterm gain. i'm down for this haha

Other teams suffer soft tissue injuries. It’s bad luck the AFL have turned Aussie rules to be like rugby union and appease the new northern markets.

Have a look at how much muscle protection rugby players build to take the hits. Unfortunately our boys run a hell of a lot than rugby boys and have to be lean. Letting the game become a scrum which originally wasn’t allowed, takes a huge toll on an AFL body. Players jumping on backs with knees into Jamie’s was never allowed and nowadays it’s play on or a ball up.

AFL rules do not protect the players because the AFL condone huge collisions for their entertainment. It’s a mugs game and I stopped my eldest playing U19s or seniors and will do the same with my youngest. My kids are better off designing stadiums and watch players maim each other in a game where umpires don’t protect them, or let the maul continue in the hope the ball gets out, like it eventually does in rugby union.

Do you think Hewettscand Walsh’s back injuries happened because of genetics. Nah, the had blokes landing on them, elbows and knee first: techniques mastered by the unsociable Hawks.

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Or rules that don’t discourage this kind of violence.

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Capping interchanges doesn't help either.

The AFL should follow the lead of soccer and increase the number of players on the bench.

Unlimited interchange and 8 on the bench. The number of injuries would plummet.

I know it'll never happen, but I'd be keen to hear if people have any thoughts as to why it might be a bad idea. I guess it would mess with team cohesion in the short term, but teams would adapt.

I have to disagree with this.
Increasing bench and rotations will do the opposite.
It'll make the game faster and the collisions at higher speeds and harder, thus increasing injuries.
Keeping players on the field longer and increasing fatigue naturally slows the game down and reduces high impact and speed related injuries.
Plus, if they did that we'd be screwed, too many slow players at our club.

A perspective I never thought I'd hear from you Bondi.
I thought your main gripe with players like LOB, Fisher and Young is that they avoid the collisions.

Very wrong Sidey. I’ve been consistent on this forever. There’s a thread in the AFL thread about the culprits who are fking up the rules without delving into the consequences. The games forefathers established the rules for good reason. The Commissioners since Demetrius reign have ignored them because those wimps aren’t the ones who are playing the game. They just watch the show and turn a blind eye to the injuries, including concussion. Have a look at Dow graded penalties for a start. Hypocrites. Don’t get me started.

My biggest gripe is the AFL Commission and their dilution of the rules of Aussie Rules.

Under the new rules players have to sacrifice their bodies like rugby union, but not prepare their bodies for that type of game. What’s the cost? I didn’t make the new rules. The cost is more injuries. Run faster, hit harder, fall on backs, knee Jamie’s of those on the ground, partake in a running maul whilst hit and tackled by 2 or 3 players in a play the ball was never going anywhere. LOB is a victim of this, but LOB won’t even bump, and tackle, and Fisher can’t . He’s too light and not strong enough.

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Problem is with the umpiring group. They don't umpire 'all' the rules as they should. They pick and choose what to judge. Example is the push out with both hands on players, within or out of play. Just something we would never get away with previously but have allowed in recent Richmond premiership years.

I don't blame the umpires Surrey. Steve Hocking totally butchered the rule. The AFL removed any ambiguity by strictly imposing the hands in the back rule. It took a while but players adapted. Hocking [REDACTED] it up by again loosening the rule and reintroducing the umpires interpretation.
It was a bizarre decision that has [REDACTED] the marking contests.

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Are our fitness staff managing the Matildas as well?

Our fitness staff couldn't manage a root in a brothel

My go-to when describing p1ss p00r management was always: couldn't run a lemonade stall.

I like yours better. Much, much better

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How on earth do two players get concussion from training?

And the best player in the world does a calf 2 days before the game because the coach decides that's a good time to have a high intensity hit out. Incompetent management of players.

Any word on Cez?


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Cerra 2-3 weeks with a low grade hamstring strain
Sounds similar to Walsh