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St George Illawarra consider playing Dean Young against the Melbourne Storm
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 24, 2012
ST GEORGE Illawarra is sensationally considering allowing Dean Young to play against Melbourne this Friday - just six days after the veteran forward was knocked senseless and stretchered from the field in a neck brace.
In a decision most fans will find difficult to comprehend, the Dragons yesterday revealed that Young was considering returning to tackle the Storm providing he gets appropriate medical clearance.
This is the same player who was so heavily concussed from the Greg Inglis hit last Saturday that he told a Dragons trainer "tell Brownie to put me back on"- in reference to his old coach Nathan Brown, who left the club in 2008.
The Daily Telegraph asked to speak with Young but was told he did not want to make comment and wanted to "get on with this week's match if selected".
The club's performance director Andrew Gray also declined to comment but said in a statement on the club's website: "Dean will follow our standard post-concussion medical process and will be under review before making a decision on him later in the week.
"The process combines a trial of how he adapts to an increasing intensity of training, a cognitive scan as well an overall medical assessment."
NRL spokesman John Brady said St George Illawarra were within their rights to let Young play if he passed the necessary medical tests.
"They have to undergo critical testing by the doctor before they can play," Brady said.
"There is not a mandatory stand-down.
"The doctor has to put through a series of cog-state tests during the week and the player can't return until he has been able to complete all those tests successfully.
"He could (play) if he passed everything this week but the doctor would have to clinically diagnose that he was fine to do it.
"It can't just be, oh, we think you are OK."
The sport of boxing has a compulsory 28-day rest period for any fighter who suffers concussion but - despite all the talk in recent times that player safety is paramount - the NRL still allows players to back up without a mandatory rest period.
Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226433189696
Unbelievable,after all the carry on!
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 24, 2012
ST GEORGE Illawarra is sensationally considering allowing Dean Young to play against Melbourne this Friday - just six days after the veteran forward was knocked senseless and stretchered from the field in a neck brace.
In a decision most fans will find difficult to comprehend, the Dragons yesterday revealed that Young was considering returning to tackle the Storm providing he gets appropriate medical clearance.
This is the same player who was so heavily concussed from the Greg Inglis hit last Saturday that he told a Dragons trainer "tell Brownie to put me back on"- in reference to his old coach Nathan Brown, who left the club in 2008.
The Daily Telegraph asked to speak with Young but was told he did not want to make comment and wanted to "get on with this week's match if selected".
The club's performance director Andrew Gray also declined to comment but said in a statement on the club's website: "Dean will follow our standard post-concussion medical process and will be under review before making a decision on him later in the week.
"The process combines a trial of how he adapts to an increasing intensity of training, a cognitive scan as well an overall medical assessment."
NRL spokesman John Brady said St George Illawarra were within their rights to let Young play if he passed the necessary medical tests.
"They have to undergo critical testing by the doctor before they can play," Brady said.
"There is not a mandatory stand-down.
"The doctor has to put through a series of cog-state tests during the week and the player can't return until he has been able to complete all those tests successfully.
"He could (play) if he passed everything this week but the doctor would have to clinically diagnose that he was fine to do it.
"It can't just be, oh, we think you are OK."
The sport of boxing has a compulsory 28-day rest period for any fighter who suffers concussion but - despite all the talk in recent times that player safety is paramount - the NRL still allows players to back up without a mandatory rest period.
Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226433189696
Unbelievable,after all the carry on!
