BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:54 pm  

Any news?

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:58 pm  

Definately concussion - hospital as precaution. Took a real blow to head.

Was talking in the dressing room so hopefully not serious.

McShane may miss a few games for that tip.....

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:59 pm  

From both BJB's and Leeds Rhinos' tweets - sounds like it might just be concussion.

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:02 pm  

I hope so - to see any player leave the field like that fills me with horror.

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:06 pm  

McDermott says he's going to be ok.

Unfortunately though for Ali Lauitiiti he looks like being out for a long time with a knee ligament injury.

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:15 pm  

Nothing illegal in it according to both of the clubs twitter accounts.

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:32 pm  

Was very scary

I'm not a fan of these 'slam/dump' tackles. The back is a very fragile thing

Re: BJB : Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:41 pm  

And a completely unnecessary in the context of the game at the time.

It would have been a straight red in Union, where the dump tackle is banned

Re: BJB : Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:49 am  

Absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with the tackle. Shame it ended with a concussion for BJB. Glad he's OK.

Re: BJB : Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:39 pm  

G1 wrote:

Absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with the tackle. Shame it ended with a concussion for BJB. Glad he's OK.

Within current rules you are spot on G1, if memory serves it only becomes illegal if the legs go above the head or something to that effect.

Thats said, the moment you get an opponent into the position where they are in the air in a horizontal position they are so vulnerable to devasting injury, and thats without the slam ending. Hitting th deck from that position will often mean the back of your head or your back taking the force of it - clearly that will never end well.

This is a game of rugby, not WWE. Its about time the RFL stopped these type of 'tackles'. Just because BJBs legs were not round his ears doesnt mean he couldn't have been very badly hurt.

Yes the recent tackle in the NRL makes this more emotive, but thats no bad thing. Player safety is paramount and that tackle on Friday was potentially a life changer for BJB.

Glad to hear he is ok.