Round 15 Post Game Thread - Blues v Tigers

[cookie2]

That's true, but why risk it in the NBs?

I don't think Rowe was going too hard DJC, more of a "loosener". He couldn't do that in the seniors.

[kruddler]

That's true, but why risk it in the NBs?

What was the risk there? If he doesn't feel right, he can sit the whole game out. No harm, no foul.

Its not as if the NBs are going to force him to stay out on the ground.

[DJC]

I don't think Rowe was going too hard DJC, more of a "loosener". He couldn't do that in the seniors.

He spent part of the game playing in the ruck Cookie and that's hardly a 'loosener' for a bloke with a crook back.  I'd be more convinced if he was suffering from 'general soreness' 

I don't think many players were going too hard when the weather turned nasty.

[DJC]

What was the risk there? If he doesn't feel right, he can sit the whole game out. No harm, no foul.

Its not as if the NBs are going to force him to stay out on the ground.

That's still not an ideal situation for a bloke with a crook back, particularly with the weather we had.

[cookie2]

He spent part of the game playing in the ruck Cookie and that's hardly a 'loosener' for a bloke with a crook back.  I'd be more convinced if he was suffering from 'general soreness' 

I don't think many players were going too hard when the weather turned nasty.

Well the physical intensity of the NBs game was significantly lower than that of the Tigers game for sure.

[kruddler]

That's still not an ideal situation for a bloke with a crook back, particularly with the weather we had.

Of course its not ideal. He is injured, there is nothing ideal about it.

What happens if he didn't play in the NBs. Comes straight back into the 1's this week? Maybe he's lost match fitness with 2 weeks of not playing....so you play him in the 2's....but thats not ideal.