When is it too hot to play?

[Timmah]

Didn't hear that myself - but I was actually running off the temperature readings supplied by BOM at the closest weather station.

 

[hrundi99]

My 8yo son's team was playing at half-time of the Eagles Eels game and one of his team mates went off with a nose bleed because of the heat.

 

[carcharias]

Could’ve easily been 40 down on the field

38.1 @ 4pm
38.2 @ 4.30pm
38.0 @ 4.40pm

According to Weatherzone
Sydney Observatory hill

 

[hrundi99]

Could’ve easily been 40 down on the field

38.1 @ 4pm
38.2 @ 4.30pm
38.0 @ 4.40pm

According to Weatherzone
Sydney Observatory hill

To be honest I reckon I got a bit of heat stroke from being out on the field herding the kids. I wasn't playing 80 minutes of 1st grade, though I'm also not a professional athlete by any means.

 

[carcharias]

To be honest I reckon I got a bit of heat stroke from being out on the field herding the kids. I wasn't playing 80 minutes of 1st grade, though I'm also not a professional athlete by any means.

I was watching from home on tv and I got heat stroke
It was madness.

 

[GongPanther]

Cold shower. Be honest.

Cold shower?

 

[GongPanther]

Could’ve easily been 40 down on the field

38.1 @ 4pm
38.2 @ 4.30pm
38.0 @ 4.40pm

According to Weatherzone
Sydney Observatory hill

Tried to get readings from north head (I assume the closest to Brookie) and they didn't have any except for wind readings.

 

[Eelementary]

Parra fans whinging that it was too hot to be playing should be directing all the hate at Brad Arthur (not the NRL officials) after he forced his team to do a 40min training sesh BEFORE kickoff - ON THE FIELD. Barrett got our side to do light drills in the sheds. Stupidity.

It wasn't 40 minutes - more like 20.

Still stupid, though.

And despite the fact Manly handled the heat much better than we did, it's still a big health risk for Manly's players imo.

I think the heat contributed to our loss (but the main factor was we sucked, and Manly were awesome), and I don't think any team should play in that heat. It's quite easy to get heat stroke in conditions like those.

But, what's done is done.

Onto round 3.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I was watching from home on tv and I got heat stroke
It was madness.

That was a different kind of stroke.....

 

[carcharias]

Tried to get readings from north head (I assume the closest to Brookie) and they didn't have any except for wind readings.

They had Terry hills but that was 8kms away
Observatory hill is sort of close to Manly
Just across the harbour and on the water as well
That highway out the front wouldn’t helped cool things down much either

 

[GongPanther]

They had Terry hills but that was 8kms away
Observatory hill is sort of close to Manly
Just across the harbour and on the water as well
That highway out the front wouldn’t helped cool things down much either

Isn't Observatory hill in the Rocks? Fair distance from Manly. Probably the same conditions regardless.

 

[___]

Isn't Observatory hill in the Rocks? Fair distance from Manly. Probably the same conditions regardless.

Close - Millers Point.

 

[GongPanther]

Close - Millers Point.

Same thing...used to manage pubs there.

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Whinge Whinge bloody whinge.

Its hot, its always hot in March. Both teams played, Eels suck and it showed.

Maybe don't warm up for 4 hours in 40 degree heat.

 

[kdalymc]

My 8yo son's team was playing at half-time of the Eagles Eels game and one of his team mates went off with a nose bleed because of the heat.

Pussy

 

[carcharias]

Isn't Observatory hill in the Rocks? Fair distance from Manly. Probably the same conditions regardless.

As the crow flies
Terry hills is approximately 3 kms closer to Brookvale than observatory hill.

Sweet f**k all during a heatwave

 

[firechild]

I was watching from home on tv and I got heat stroke
It was madness.

I think they call that friction burn, not heat stroke.

 

[Rabbit toes]

That was a different kind of stroke.....

 

[Inkers75]

38 degrees and sunshine? Luxury!
Leeds v Catalans was postponed due to snow. So much for summer rugby in England.....

 

[Captain Apollo]

I agree. Especially after Kato Ottio you would think there would be a lot of emphasis on heat stroke or related symptoms and player welfare would be top priority.

Kato Ottio? Yes that's the worst example, but the one which set the stage was back in 1990. Danny Shepherd was a prop with the Roosters. He collapsed with heat stroke during a game on the Gold Coast and spent 10 days in a coma. He made a full recovery but never played league again. As such it is not as if this issue is a "recent" one.

The problem is (last time I saw it) the NRL's heat policy with a drinks break every 20 minutes only happens if both club's Doctors agree. AS such, I wonder which Doctor did not want them as it is silly to think they were not needed. I mean for junior league competitions, this is what the ARLC policy regarding extreme heat -

https://playnrl.com/media/1936/heat-guidelines_with-changes1.pdf

Makes for interesting reading.

No where near as bad as the insufferable humidity here in Brisbane or in Townsville.

For example it is currently 36 in Sydney, but with 17% humidity, it feels more like 33. Dew point is 7c, which is quite pleasant.

I remember for some Broncos home games in March the feels like temp has been 38-42, with dew points of 24-26.

Read about dew point here:
http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/1324/feeling-hot-and-bothered-its-not-the-humidity-its-the-dew-point/

Firstly, Brookvale Oval is not near Observatory Hill, which is where temperature readings for Sydney are taken. Also, you are aware that temperatures are often measured in the shade? (Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...treme-heat-isnt-as-simple-as-it-seems/9325132)

It was reported they measured the temperature in the middle of Brookvale Oval on Sunday and by kick-off it was measured at 40 degrees celsius. As such it is not great weather to play league in. That said it is negligent of the club medicos and the NRL to not have had water breaks at 20 minutes into each half. If a player goes down with heat stroke in a game with no water breaks, the NRL and the clubs leave themselves open to a very big law suit from the effected player.