Player Watch #6: George Wardlaw - two-time RS nominee ('23 &'24) - The Warlord/ The Boss - out vs RFC w/ delayed concussion

[Blightys Barrel]

God I'm hoping Wardlaw is not Benny J 2.0. We DESPERATELY need Wardlaw to play 200+ games of A grade midfield football.

Can you imagine if Wardlaws career is cut down by concussion issues? The JHF deal would be the disaster of all disasters.

Settle petal

 

[RossHenshaw]

Does he now have to miss min 2 weeks now due to recent previous concussion history & now miss the Wet Toast game next week?
Rising Star - Dempsey for sure now if there was ever any doubt.

 

[Mr north man]

The football helmets don’t do a lot in terms of concussion protection

Well it’s helped Xerri this year

 

[Val Keating]

That's a bit of an old school thought. The newer tech shows a lot of promise in reducing both linear and rotational forces.

It doesn’t stop the brain from shaking inside the skull.

As we were taught in boxing, shake the brain and they fall.

 

[Themanbun]

It doesn’t stop the brain from shaking inside the skull.

As we were taught in boxing, shake the brain and they fall.

The brain shaking is caused from linear and rotational forces. New tech is helping with that. Newer helmets aren't just padding these days.

 

[Makeshift Park]

The brain shaking is caused from linear and rotational forces. New tech is helping with that. Newer helmets aren't just padding these days.

On one hand, new tech has clearly ameliorated the impact of linear and rotational forces on the brain.

For example:

In quest to prevent debilitating TBIs, new foam material rises to the top - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

UW-Madison engineers unveil carbon nanotube foam—30x better at absorbing shear strain. A breakthrough in head protection.

engineering.wisc.edu

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351464734_A_New_Assessment_of_Bicycle_Helmets_The_Brain_Injury_Mitigation_Effects_of_New_Technologies_in_Oblique_Impacts

New high-tech helmets may protect American football players from debilitating concussions

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Evidence is mounting that head impacts in American football can lead to devastating

www.frontiersin.org

What's not clear to me is the level of danger a brain would be exposed to in a serious AFL head collision even incorporating that new tech. According to the last link above, liquid shock absorbers could reduce impact to NFL players by a third. But really, who knows?

 

[Val Keating]

The brain shaking is caused from linear and rotational forces. New tech is helping with that. Newer helmets aren't just padding these days.

Itll be a good day when they do figure it out.

 

[Themanbun]

Itll be a good day when they do figure it out.

Bloody oath. Anecdotal and there's a lot of factors that might make it worthless as a point, but I forked out for a top of the line new tech one two years ago and have since had two major head clashes where the other bloke has ended up with a serious concussion and I hadn't felt a thing, nor had any symptoms that my brain had any impact. I'm a big advocate of them, as you can tell!

 

[Merlin007]

Bloody oath. Anecdotal and there's a lot of factors that might make it worthless as a point, but I forked out for a top of the line new tech one two years ago and have since had two major head clashes where the other bloke has ended up with a serious concussion and I hadn't felt a thing, nor had any symptoms that my brain had any impact. I'm a big advocate of them, as you can tell!

Obviously some players have always taken a psychological comfort from helmets, and imo that is still worthwhile, but if the physiological evidence comes forward that newer tech offers observable protection, it would be hard to argue against making them compulsory.

 

[Themanbun]

Obviously some players have always taken a psychological comfort from helmets, and imo that is still worthwhile, but if the physiological evidence comes forward that newer tech offers observable protection, it would be hard to argue against making them compulsory.

The world rugby study in a few years will be interesting if it turns up that evidence.

 

[Hojuman]

NIA Helmets

NIA Helmets

www.niahelmets.com

 

[Shermanator]

Helmets will be compulsory very soon.

I hope the Warlord recovers well as he is the future star of our midfield.

Personally I would prefer we put him in cotton wool and rest him for the remainder of the year, as much as he would hate not playing.

Get him on an endurance program now and primed for a big season in 25.

 

[Rollmop]

Has anyone worked out when it happened during last weeks game?

 

[RossHenshaw]

he’s looked off since coming back .

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

Dont think he had concussion concerns in his youth.

Just a battle scar. Will come back stronger and better.

 

[ChairmanZia]

What happened to self protection?

Head cover? Nathan burke anyone? He had dozens of concussion.

 

[Merlin007]

NIA Helmets

NIA Helmets

www.niahelmets.com

Very interesting, thanks

 

[giantroo]

 

[Themanbun]

No

 

[I Want To Believe]

Damn. That sucks. Didn't pick Griff as particularly injury prone. Go well big man.

 

[ferball]

Damn. That sucks. Didn't pick Griff as particularly injury prone. Go well big man.

Two ligament injuries in a year.

The East Coast^ doesn't agree with him.


^ Yeah technically its the south cost but who cares.

 

[Themanbun]

Damn. That sucks. Didn't pick Griff as particularly injury prone. Go well big man.

He has his fair share when he was with Freo.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Put him on the shelf for the year.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

How bad ass would Georgie look wearing that Big X type helmet
I mean to it’s not like he’d be covering up the latest fashion hairstyle!

I say let all our midfield quartet wear helmets. Not only will it protect our players, but the intimidation factor would be through the roof.

 

[My Left Foote]

I say let all our midfield quartet wear helmets. Not only will it protect our players, but the intimidation factor would be through the roof.