My 50c worth.My view the in production of the “gang” tackle brought in many moons ago by Jack Gibson,to prevent offloads has gone way too far.
When three or even four defenders rush in, to stop a fast moving big bopper attacker, they do not have the split second timing ability, to assess just where they should position themselves in a tackle.
Hence heads can be knocked together, players can receive a knee to the head,or even a tackling arm can hit his fellow defender in the face.
My view no more than two in a tackle, 5 metre rule to reduce velocity/impact from an attacker.
From a mere layman’s perspective min . 2 weeks’ rest for a concussed player and a code wide medical instruction by that profession, on when a player should retire after X number of knocks.
Don’t know what other procedures can be put in place. 4 qtr football? So medical assessments can be made in time offs.

Sometimes doing the opposite works, sometimes it doesn’t.That applies to all codes.
Any case they wouldn’t ban a sport, they consider a competitor.So I guess that is doing the opposite.
The NRL clubs have doctors who advise the NRL on issues such as these.
V’Landys has actually played the game at senior level.He wants the game to be a better spectacle, but if it means concussion issues become more prevalent, he is hardly going to ignore such .

Why Gyfox is that even needed? He hasn’t done so.
The subject matter “concussion” is a serious issue.

Silly point scoring.
FWIW Counties with bigger populations than some Australian states and indeed NZ.
SL clubs are not on their Pat Malone re finances, research on sport as a result of this COVID crisis indicates it is affecting many sports ,bringing them to near financial destruction…..sad but truer.

Slight exaggeration, else they(RL) wouldn’t be considering the possibility of Toronto back in SL.
Union has severe financial problems not only there but in NZ/France/USA because of COVID ,as have many sports.

Have not beaten any of the finals contenders.
Their attack is more than adequate, their defence is revolving door material.
Still live in hope though, silly me.

In order to create the impression of a new contributor, Danny become alias number………

The sort of player the code anda club needs, gentleman on and off the field.Rarely puts in an ordinary performance.Dependable player you want in your team.Not a superstar, but a consistent first grader, one can not ask for more.
I dips me hat to the lad.

Losing Johnson the club’s best attacker, kicker and line breaker, is devastating for the club. Remembering the club has not beaten any of the other 7 teams in the 8.th other players will have to lift markedly if the team is to do anything in the semis.I just hope Townsend has done a wad of tackling practice with his stint on the sidelines.

Understand Jacko.Read my rant at the end of thread.I’d prefer origin not heritage,whether a player Is PI/NZ/PNG/Whatever.This will only happen when all these new countries ,over the many future decades become competitive.Most of the NZedders are PI heritage not many of the Forans running around in the NRL.
Micko appears to be accepting now of my view.

Micko Direct Tongan or Samoan heritage.I suggest you argue with one from those backgrounds, and you’ll understand the passion they have for their heritage country.They are Australians if naturalised of those descents.
What do Chinese ,Vietnamese born here of parents from those countries call themselves.Australians of Chinese or Vietnamese heritage.Why do they celebrate passionately,the Chinese New Year here,or Tet?
I’m about a 4-5th generation French /German descent, because of that long lineage,I have no passionate heritage feelings towards those countries.If had French born parents I could play for France, but in the RLWC most of their players are in fact French born and play in France.
When more than 22% of players in the Rugby World Cup 2019 played for countries
they were not born in,people just got on with the event.Nothing to see here.

They would not have a team in the event Micko ,if there was no clubs operating in their respective countries.eg.They would not have Chinese team.
In fact in some cases were the representation is overwhelmingly heritage,there are in fact some home grown players.
The British Govt is providing 25m pounds for assistance ,some of which goes to grassroots growths they think its worthwhile.

Understand Tim Buck 3.NRL needs to get off their fat bottoms and provide more funding for non heartland states.

That’s exactly my point Tim Buck 3,and the reason for my sarcasm to the E astern Australia description. The two states comment is used by the haters.

Really ,you seem to care Eddie, spending so much time bagging it.
Just providing facts Eddie, regardless who provides them, it’s all relevant.

I guess if RLWC make profits ,some people care ,as well as Govts who financially assist.Else there would be no point in staging them, hey what.

Tim Buck 3. You mean two states Australia.I mean there is no rugby league played in any other state or territory of this country.Oh wait.

Micko.It’s in fact the way to make the event competitive.The talent pool is growing ever so slowly.
Every one of the competing countries has local comps,either pro, semi pro, amateur or just started.

You have parents from Britain Micko? A little different than going back generations.You are an AFL fan,I suggest you cannot appreciate any sort of Internationals and what it means to the participants representing their heritage.And there are countries involved that are majority local born.

Do you understand the impact the Tongans have had in Tonga and the effect it’s had on the growth of the code there.It appears not.
FYI Rugby league is an officially recognised sport in Lebanon, has or at least had sponsorship in that country.Played in unis, schools and clubs.The recent water front explosion no doubt will impact things greatly.

Well perhaps GWS Singapore, people could complain about the 2019 RWC having more than 22% of players ,not playing for their country of origin.
They don’t and just get on with it.
Sometimes( no a lot of the time), heritage creates passion equal to home grown.Tonga a classic example.
We have had Olympians from the USSR come and compete for Australia, tennis players from overseas no one cares about their origin.
Your last line is an insult to rugby league followers TBH and more so to the players who commit to countries.Maybe being an AFL follower, you can’t appreciate that fact.

What’s you tally Pedro, the usual north of England and two States in Australia routine ? Do a little research.Where clubs are “available”.

Eddie an update.The Wolfpack shut up shop as a result of financials re the COVID crisis.ATM the ESL are working on getting the franchise up and running again ,with new investors.How many businesses are going broke in ours and Canada ?
The Aussie bred and owner(Wolfpack) and with Canadian supporters making up the majority of attendees ,did not expect the COVID pandemic to come along.Even our top sports here were on the verge of imploding due to COVID, including both AFL/NRL/RU etc.Massive financial cutbacks,and sport staff losing their jobs.
Another Canadian rl franchise is being set up in Ottawa,the Aces.
There is no money to be made in a lot of Australian sport like Super Rugby, yet they still continue.
So not the best example cited by you Eddie,unless of course all Australian sport and business is thriving under COVID and ditto in Canada.

DTP absolute nonsense.
If rugby league had less than 10 countries before the end of the 20th Century and now has 40 countries where teams/clubs are available, that blows your theory out the window. In some cases of these new countries their Govts have given them not only recognition but financial assistance.
I’d list them, but as I’ve done so in the past, not going to bore people now.But I’ll add one in the last couple of years Turkey, with mens,womens and youth teams .

No good throwing things out there ,which are blatantly false.

Getting in early. And the Wolfpack is out ATM because of the financial issues with COVID, nothing to do with lack of interest.As are clubs in a lot of sports and indeed businesses here and around the world.

Actually Micko the Sth Queensland Crushers was the first SECOND franchise for the Brisbane market.It was hastily put together, with a weird assortment of elderly, nondescript,nomadic and odd ru players ,yet ATT despite this was able. to achieve decent crowds .We all know the story of that club’s sad demise.
I believe in Brisbane, there needs to be a weekly NRL game .Why because we know there are rusted on Bronco’s fans, but there are the bandwaggoners, the trendies who follow new club and followers of other Sydney teams, who have as much time for the Broncos as a nagging mother-in-law, but need a rugby league fix.

I hate the player mix to make up the teams in the RLWC, and would much prefer local born even if that involves thrashings.But thrashings really don’t help new countries in the long run.Heritage rule has helped the growth of rugby league in Tonga.
I certainly don’t like the chop and changing either.It’s hard to justify and doesn’t help from a PR perspective.
That off my chest, for anything like a competitive World Cup, if heritage is the way to go for some countries so be it.I’ve seen more commitment and passion from heritage players ,than locals on many occasions.

The irony of all this, rugby league is only a minnow when it comes to global sports, and only in recent times developing the code in new countries.
Yet Rugby Union has been in many countries and developed a much larger grassroots over 100 years thereabouts, and with such a well developed huge base found the need to have more than 22% of players in the 2019 RWC not representing their birth countries.

20th Sept 2019 :-South China Morning Post:-
www.scmp.com

On 17th September 2019
www.stuff.co.nz
A summary of RWC teams ,where teams have the most overseas born players.

None publicly had an issue with that breakup of player origin, especially the tiresome League basher Peter FitzSimons, let’s get on with it, was the byword.
Fair enough ,so let the RLWC get on with it, and gradually build up to a level ,where we don’t whine over qualifications.
The only way to develop any game, is to show it as it’s most competitive, not one sided training runs.
It is now played in 40 countries at various levels with various numbers(yes small numbers before we get the, no one cares BS)whereas late 90s lucky to be 10.
Here endeth my rant.

Moylan has been up and down, had regular hammy issues.Townsend’s best form was at the Warriors,he is another yo yo player and stuffed up big time last weekend.And Fifita is past his best.
I’d chase Tamou from the Pennies, probably look at Elijah Taylor from the Tigers(not wanted).To stiffen the defence for the Sharks.
The Broncos need two experienced forwards to guide the kiddies they have.I see the Titans being the leading Qld side next year.
IMO Tariq Sims gives away too many penalties.
Sometimes players that are running or defending like statues at their current clubs, become world beaters at others(a la Storm).