News Boyd Cordner retires

[Valheru]

By what criteria do you judge that on?

Lang played for Penrith

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Lang played for Penrith

Well coming back from a broken jaw and shoulder as well as knee reconstruction on top of a concussion history as long as your arm couldn’t top that, I guess

 

[The_Frog]

By what criteria do you judge that on?

Brain still isn't mush to this very day.

 

[Alderley Rooster]

Gee a champion player sadly retires and all we hear is people knocking him. He obviously wants to play on but knows he cant. Show some respect

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Brain still isn't mush to this very day.

Probably because Lang didn’t take on the line as much as Cordner. Plus he was running into players with an average playing weight of 90kg. Also concussion has nothing to do with toughness.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Gee a champion player sadly retires and all we hear is people knocking him. He obviously wants to play on but knows he cant. Show some respect

Ok Boomer

 

[gerg]

Great player for his club, state and country. It's moments like this where we as supporters of the great game should put aside our petty tribalism and wish him the best.

 

[The_Frog]

Probably because Lang didn’t take on the line as much as Cordner. Plus he was running into part-timers with an average playing weight of 90kg. He played just one year in the premier competition before retiring. Also concussion has nothing to do with toughness.

I think some people are just luckier than others in this.

 

[some11]

Gee a champion player sadly retires and all we hear is people knocking him. He obviously wants to play on but knows he cant. Show some respect

Is that you corey parker?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Brain still isn't mush to this very day.

Probably because he didn't start with much

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I think some people are just luckier than others in this.

So he’s luckier, not tougher

 

[The_Frog]

So he’s luckier, not tougher

The shit Lang copped from Morley in the 03 GF with the full consent of the best ref in the game, I wouldn't call anyone tougher than that. Two tough men, Lang in fact played his last game at 28 as well, maybe he saw the writing on the wall.

 

[mozza91]

Great servant who achieved everything in the game.

Would of been silly to play on, he had nothing left to prove.

 

[Jason Maher]

He did three of those, Junior Pearce never did one.

2013?

 

[Mark B]

Only 29, but accomplished so much. Won comps, won Origin and played for his country. Will go down as one of the Roosters best.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Once again The Flog attempts to make everything about Penrith.

Addendum. Old mate

 

[JJ]

Shame, hopefully he doesn't suffer long term effects... did everything there is to do in the game...

Anyone else note the irony of the 'crack down' on high contact, when most of the concussions suffered by the likes of Corndner, Friend and others are from tackling low...

 

[SDM]

I hope Martin Lang enjoys his retirement, he was some player, go the smugs!

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Shame, hopefully he doesn't suffer long term effects... did everything there is to do in the game...

Anyone else note the irony of the 'crack down' on high contact, when most of the concussions suffered by the likes of Corndner, Friend and others are from tackling low...

Defenders suffer way more concussions tackling high than tackling low.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Shame, hopefully he doesn't suffer long term effects... did everything there is to do in the game...

Anyone else note the irony of the 'crack down' on high contact, when most of the concussions suffered by the likes of Corndner, Friend and others are from tackling low...

Cordner himself admitted that. Its why some league pundits (e.g. Mark Geyer) are saying clubs need to work more on their player's defensive techniques so that when they go low to make a tackle, their heads are in the correct place and not in a spot where they will cop a hip/knee to the head.