The Blues Ox

Just spoke to Mark Aston and he says he is totally fine to play in the next game.

Numerous teams folding over the past season or so too. When a team like Dewsbury fold who were the 12th team in the Championship then questions should be asked especially when their junior set up is so good.

I think a few of us talked about this around the time the new tackle laws were announced. Very few concussions are the result of high tackles and lowering the tackle height would have very little effect on the amount of recorded concussions. Some of us went as far to say that by lowering the tackle height, it might actually increase the number of concussions like we have seen in RU. I remember the RFL video that came out and it was funny they used an example of lowering tackle height and it was such bad technique in the video that if players were to tackle like that on a regular basis we could see concussions doube. I believe they were just actively showing that they were trying to reduce concussions for insurance purposes, the small amount of data that they used to reach their conclussions backed this up in my opinion.

Im disappointed in the amount of increase in the womens game. There are now more junior teams than ever playing girls rugby and the transition to adult rugby seems to be stalling a little. I think the RFL needs to get its act together when it comes to the structure of the womens game, how many U18's teams have folded this season alone?

As an added bonus its cheaper for clubs to bring through already developed talent from a better system (AUS) than it is to develop their own players. What a fantastic day for RL in this country.

Tell me the pro game is dying over here without telling me the pro game is dying.

I often see things like this quoted and we honestly believe that young people playing the game fully understand the risks involved?

They brought the new tackle laws in to the amateur and academy games and it was such a farce that they decided not to bring it in to the pro game and cited that early indications were that law changes had reduced the number of concusions that were happening. Might be a hot take but there was nowhere near enough data to support that conclusion.

I mean sign a long term contract at a basket case club and get paid out when you get sacked, there will be huge demand for this job.

I know we jest but this could actually be the case. Ive heard of a few cases where players have been unable to advance in the concussion protocol because they are basically a bit dim.

Yeah I love the angle that the drone gives but with the constant movement it just gave me a headache.

Put them all in one league, it will be ace........

FRIDAY 4th JULY Bradford Bulls v Hunslet Bradford by 72 SATURDAY 5th JULY London Broncos v Halifax Panthers London by 10 Toulouse Olympique v Doncaster Toulouse by 20 SUNDAY 6th JULY Featherstone Rovers v Barrow Raiders Fev by 4 Oldham v Widnes Vikings Oldham by 6 Sheffield Eagles v York Knights York by 20

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrlw/nrlw-2025-round-1-teams-squad-ins-and-outs-predicted-ladder-tamika-upton-brisbane-broncos-canterbury-bulldogs-and-new-zealand-warriors-inclusion-jo-barrett-season-preview/news-story/8c1d2927a27f4ed8933688114ae830f4

Total waste of time unless England use this to put out a development squad which knowing Stuart Barrow, they won't.