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George north's career could come to an end

Started by JeromeV3 REPLIES292 VIEWS· 11 May 2015, 01:39
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JeromeVClub Pro492 posts
11 May 2015, 01:39
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11 May 2015, 01:39#1

Wales and British Lions winger George North's career has been plagued by concussion problems.

Wales coach Warren Gatland said he is "hugely worried" about George North's repeated concussions and fears further injury could end the 23-year-old winger's career.


The Wales and British and Irish Lions back has suffered four head injuries since sustaining concussion against New Zealand in November.


He was knocked out twice during Wales's Six Nations defeat by England in February before suffering the same problem in scoring a try for his club Northampton six weeks ago.


North has not played since the latest injury following advice from a neurologist and Gatland said he would prefer if North - who has scored 22 tries in 47 tests - continued his break until their World Cup warm-up matches in August.


"I had a meeting with George's agent and said if I was being purely selfish I would say; 'George, don't play in the last few games; get yourself right for the World Cup," Gatland told the Sunday Times.


"Because if he gets another knock he's going to have to be out for six months or a year.


"He has been out for a considerable amount of time but he's such a young player that if he picks up two or three more of those in the next year that's going to finish his career, isn't it?


"That is a concern, but I can understand Northampton being desperate to get him back playing, particularly as they get to the end of the season."


England fullback Mike Brown was knocked out during a Six Nations match against Italy in February and the 29-year-old continues to suffer from concussion symptoms 12 weeks since sustaining the injury.

He will not play for his club Harlequins again this season.

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,285 posts
11 May 2015, 01:47
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11 May 2015, 01:47#2
Maybe the players should all wear head gear. Maybe Less chance of the first head injury but apparently the offer limited protection as they are mandatory very thin
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becsPro4,378 posts
11 May 2015, 03:07
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11 May 2015, 03:07#3
Well, it's odd to read this because the word in Northampton this weekend is that he is coming on very well...wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't code for them playing him very soon !! 
As far as I am concerned, if he has problems, leave him out now. In fact, don't ever pick him again ! He is vastly overrated and he clearly has a problem now which I imagine will be with him for life. 
My eldest brother had to quit playing, as long ago as the ' 70's when he was just a schoolboy. He had trials for England Schoolboys but insisted on playing his School match in the week. He had a terrible head knock during the game, played on, no real treatment in those days, and carried on as normal. Next day, he went to school, my mother had a phone call asking if she could collect him as his behaviour was so scary and mad. He was frightening the teachers ! They thought he was messing around initially ! She took him to our GP surgery, no scans back then anyway and we are a Rugby family so she guessed he was suffering delayed concussion. The Dr she saw used to play and knew what was wrong straight away....but told my mother that was it, my brother had such a bad knock that he was not to play again and there was to be no England Schoolboys trial for him  I was still at Primary School, so they came to collect me for lunch and my brother initially told me mother had collected him on a push bike, she gave him a " backie " all the way home, before galloping like a demented horse up the hill past the Church on the way to our house !!! He was totally out of it for a few days !! He does have bad heads, but we suffer as a family from migraine, but I am not sure if he has any wider issues we can relate to that knock. 
Too many players have poor tackling ability, too many players have been allowed to get away with foul play which has resulted in head knocks and the ridiculous " choke tackle " has resulted in a lot of the problems. It's inevitable players will get knocks sometimes, but it's an epidemic at the moment ! 
It is worrying how this will affect them in later life.Another issue that worries me is the use of coagulants to stop bleeding. They are so widespread now that I think they are massively dangerous. Someone will suffer a clot soon. It's not healthy to keep pumping this sort of stuff into you all the time. 
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hakwaPro4,146 posts
16 May 2015, 13:07
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16 May 2015, 13:07#4
 I thought George usually wears a headgear. I guess it did not help
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