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Truely Tragic Injury – Graham Polak in induced coma

Started by mollyfud · 1 year ago

Richmond player, Graham Polak, took two hard hits yesterday. One he already came back from that wasn’t important and one that was the biggest bump of his career that may totally change his life!
During his sides loss to Carlton, Polak took a knee to the side/chest that took him off the ground for a little [...]
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  • Kick2Kick

    1 year ago

    you know the game is getting soft when players get more injured outside the game (coma, stingray) than during the game...
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  • mollyfud

    1 year ago

    I think the game is plenty tough enough! Just look at the injury lists for the clubs!
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  • Kick2Kick

    1 year ago

    But how much of that is from contact or is it from soft tissue injurys from a specific hard ground and from the spead of the game?
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  • mollyfud

    1 year ago

    You only need to go to the games and hear the body on body contact from
    ground level. The dirty hits are leaving and if you miss them, go watch UFC
    or something.
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  • Kick2Kick

    1 year ago

    Yes I agree that the hits are just as hard and the Barry Hall hits are not as common but however how many injuries are from hits and body contact? I would suggest most are from over training, hard grounds, body stressed etc and not from hits of the game.
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