2023 off season

[Jono078]

It's a big year for Ponga. No more bullshit. Time to lead and hopefully no more concussions.

 

[Haffa]

Ponga is sticking to his story that Mann was helping him in the toilet while he was sick lol

Ponga reveals what really happened in pub toilet

'I was in the wrong there'

wwos.nine.com.au

Ponga added that he was not aware that drinking alcohol was not recommended during the recovery phase following a concussion.

 

[mozza91]

He’d be stupid to admit any wrongdoing. There’s no way anyone can prove otherwise.

The amount of butthurt this will cause for Rothfield, Kent and the like is f**king hilarious.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Ponga added that he was not aware that drinking alcohol was not recommended during the recovery phase following a concussion.

See that's the part that I find hardest to believe. Apart from it being common sense that you shouldn't drink after a concussion, there's no way that all the doctors he would have seen after all his concussions didn't tell him that at least once...

 

[Apey]

See that's the part that I find hardest to believe. Apart from it being common sense that you shouldn't drink after a concussion, there's no way that all the doctors he would have seen after all his concussions didn't tell him that at least once...

Haha the doctor he saw is a sports concussion expert. Not likely that got missed.

 

[macavity]

I don’t get why elite sports people would drink at all, at least in season. There is no way you are at peak physical state while drinking alcohol.

But I don’t drink, so I don’t understand the attraction at all.

 

[ryan.a87]

I don’t get why elite sports people would drink at all, at least in season. There is no way you are at peak physical state while drinking alcohol.

But I don’t drink, so I don’t understand the attraction at all.

Give any kid under 25 $10k a week+ and watch how much they stuff up

 

[macavity]

Give any kid under 25 $10k a week+ and watch how much they stuff up

exactly…

 

[perverse]

Speak for yourselves, I would have invested it all in Apple for sure.

 

[Nuke]

I don’t get why elite sports people would drink at all, at least in season. There is no way you are at peak physical state while drinking alcohol.

But I don’t drink, so I don’t understand the attraction at all.

I'm the same on both things there.

I can't speak on behalf of all clubs across the country or their Leagues to which they play in, but I know my club in WA, Joondalup Giants, in my time as sports trainer, EVERY injury we told the player to stay off the alcohol while recovering. And we said so knowing said player/s would almost definitely be out til 3am that night regardless of our advice! Pretty sure all (most?) WA clubs' trainers also promote the same thing too.

My biggest issue with the Ponga/Mann situation is the lack of shit being given. If the club YOU'RE captain of (why he's captain to begin with is another gripe, but let's save that for another day), is playing and you're injured, then you should be there with them. You should WANT to be there. I can't imagine someone like Chief, who loves the club and lead from the front, doing what Ponga did and staying behind to recover, only to get plastered at the pub while his team was playing interstate.
If I was playing and my captain did that, I'd be pretty pissed off at him. Hell, I'm not even playing and still feel that way.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

The no alcohol after an injury, especially concussions, is part of the NRLs level 1 trainers course.

For context, teams from u13s upwards need at least one level 1 trainer to play a game

 

[Burwood]

If I were the NRL, I’d be noting all these times concussed players are out on the drink to protect myself against future lawsuits.

 

[Knight Tales]

The club’s handling of the KP toilet saga has been everything we have come to expect.