Ping Maaik and Moz

Are you two outoppies OK? I know the rhetoric on the site has become a bit stale without the rugby, but can't you 2 find something interesting for us to quarrel about?

Seconded!

Failing that, let's role play.

I'll be Mike.

LMFAO

Mike and Moz come out of the bunker. 

Days after our friend Vlag departs this site.....this pathetic piece of rubbish Rooinek, who attacked him ruthlessly even when he told us about his illness, is back to his usual form. One of the truly most despicable human beings I have ever encountered.

Chaps I just don’t feel much like posting at the moment....hopefully we will have some rugby soon.

So lets go back to local rugby,   Which franchise will win the CC this year if it is played.   

Or rather who will replace the retiring Springboks and those who will not be retained  by the coaching setup.   My impression is  that the following will not be returning to the Springbok squad:- 

Beast

Mostert

Steyn

Louw

Esterhuizen

Beast

I know that Kitshof is the  obvious replacement moving from the bench to starting    No idea who the replacements would be,  

Mostert 

The locks to be Etzebeth, De Jager and Snyman - but who will be looking in?

Steyn

Willemse is the obvious candidate

Louw

Not sure

Esterhuizen

No replacement since it will be by an all-ro under, 

No it wasn’t close to the mark....it was the same discredited rubbish you have been writing about me for years. And I never said you disparaged him since he passed.....but after he revealed his medical difficulties, which were clearly serious....you continued your ceradunce crap.

I doubt your silence since his death means much to him....but a kind word beforehand might have made for a bright moment.

But why should that concern a prick like you, you obviously are most delighted when you can make somebody else feel bad. Human waste.

No... I said ‘I don’t feel like posting at the moment’....you do get the distinction ....huh? 

Ever wonder why my insults are so much more effective than your’s? Mine are true and verifiable on the Board. Your’s are made up, discredited lies.

For example there is zero evidence I’m a drunkard. In fact I’m a very moderate drinker.For instance I haven’t had any alcohol for the last two weeks.

You by contrast....in your own words....are a substance abuser. In other words a weak man. And your constant harping on child molestation is also a bit of a tell....something you’ve done or something that’s happened to you?

And if those things you accuse others of, are really true of you, an autobiography....we have to add others....your disgusting obsession with the male anus for example.

....

Methinks the lady does protest too much.

And on a lighter note, I was doing my usual Saturday morning guitar session yesterday.

The particular song I'm working on concerns expectation, disappointment, new beginnings and so on.

At some point, Cera's passing came to mind. I ended up inserting this line into the second verse...

"This world and all it holds is but a short road home."

Cheesy?

I'm on the fence.

Offer a replacement?

Gosh, who be an angry lil man?

I may start a GoFundMe for you, Rooi.

For the surgery I mean.

Yes, that stick needs removing from your arse.

Just a bi t of friendly advice for you Ayling . . . if the answer is going to make you burst into tears . . . then don't ask the question.

Peeper now denying he has had a life of substance abuse....after previously  admitting he was hooked on dagga for years,  has cheap wine  every night and can’t even get on a plane without a gin and tonic (he is a coward as well).

And then trying to deny his anal obsession by claiming he hasn’t raised it on this thread. Well congratulations....but the lurid images on many other threads remain, along I suspect,  with your obsession.

Rooi,

In mid- season unlikable form.

Senior player

2549 posts

As one of the most brutally physical sports in the world, the forces under which NFL athletes are subjected makes injury a regular occurrence.

How then do they manage to maintain their supreme level of performance throughout a 17-week regular season? According to Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe, there are a plethora of prescription drugs involved.

The 29-year-old penned a passionate letter in the Players Tribune entitled "Getting off the T Train", in which he described the concerning overuse of the painkiller Toradol behind the closed change room doors of the US's biggest football league.

"I play for the Baltimore Ravens, and if we're at home (game) there's a small office sectioned off from the training room in M&T Bank Stadium that we use," Monroe said.

"If we're on the road, the visiting locker rooms don't usually have sufficient space, so we just go to a corner of the training room.

The T Train is nothing more than a bunch of really large guys waiting to pull their pants down to get shot in the butt with Toradol, a powerful painkiller that will help them make it through the game and its aftermath."

Monroe said the use of painkillers, or opioids, as a preventative masking agent to pain is one of the most commonly used injury management protocols among players both at the college and NFL levels - he estimates 50 per cent of NFL players are using or have used pain medication during their career to manage injury.

And their usage doesn't stop once there career does. The Raven said the misuse of these drugs continued at an alarming rate long into the retirement of seasoned former athletes.

While the use of prescription painkillers is not uncommon in professional sport, Monroe said the effects of such regular use of drugs like Toradol have had a severe negative impact on players.

Playing while under the influence of prescription medication can prevent injuries from being picked up when they first occur, before they exacerbate.

"Some guys don't feel any pain for two days. Of course, that's the point of these drugs - they block out the pain and reduce inflammation. But they also temporarily mask injury. That's not a good thing if you get hurt during a game - you might need to address your injuries right away. But you feel nothing, so you do nothing," Monroe said.

The increased risk of injuries worsening as a result of late detection due to opioids poses a serious issue for athletes who are entirely dependent on their bodies for their pay cheque, however Monroe says there is a much larger issue afoot.

The long-term impact of the overuse of opioid drugs is the risk of falling into the downward spiral of dependency and addiction.

For the 2009 round one draft pick, that reality is far too close to home.

"I got a call recently from an old teammate at the University of Virginia who told me that one of our former UVA teammates - a guy who was a few years ahead of me and who mentored me before going on to play in the NFL - had gotten addicted to pain pills and had essentially vanished," he said.

"He has left his home for the streets and is now addicted to heroin. My heart is broken for him and his family."

To expect the use of pain medication in professional sport to cease entirely would be unrealistic - with the risk of injury comes the need for players to ease the suffering as quickly as possible. Monroe poses a direct alternative to addictive opioids - the use of medical marijuana, or cannabinoids.

According to the offensive tackle, "it is safer, less addictive and can even reduce opioid dependence". He also cited that it had the ability to protect the brain from injury or degeneration. And as the first active NFL player to openly advocate the use of cannabinoids in his sport, he has done his fair share of research on the topic.

Currently, marijuana of any kind is on the banned substances list and illegal for use in the NFL - 19 players were suspended from the league last season for its use.

Monroe believes that is something that needs to be changed urgently.

"Every NFL player rides the T Train at some point in his career. But we need to be able to get off. The NFL should explore every means available to safely treat chronic pain and traumatic head injuries. And that means that the league needs to take a long, hard look at the benefits of medical marijuana," he said.

- news.com.au

Senior player

2549 posts

 curious article,........ it has to be a hell of a pain if they risk to worsen an injury because the painkillers have masked it

the first question that arises is obviously if that also happens in rugby ,........ in my view pro rugby, specially test rugby, is even harder than the NFL,........ so it wouldn't be surprising

and yeah, marijuana shoudn't be banned,....... 

Senior player

3164 posts

Consult Borado...he has a solution for those who suffer inconviences and discomfort...ask Beeno.

Rugby Legend

6277 posts

good article, something for SANZAR to keep an eye out for. i always hear and read comments from players who talk about playing hurt and using pain killers to help them get through a game, but i think with all the money involved in the NFL compared to rugby, league and AFL, its a much bigger issue over there.

i also agree marijuana shouldnt be banned, but theres still too many anti science nutjobs in the world, so any argument about weed shouldnt be banned will be like banging ur head against a wall.

Hall Of Fame

10808 posts

I'm going to voice the minority opinion here and state that marijuana SHOULD be banned.

There you go a liar, as well as a coward who has to be doped up to fly.....how pathetic. But a big man on a message board attacking a fellow poster who was seriously ill.

Pure human waste.

game, set, match

Weed hinders motivation?

For some, probably.

The present problem with marijuana is that it went from being banned to suddenly being a cure for every problem under the sun.

It's no miracle cure. Hemp is strong and smoking pout can replace sleep, diet and pain treatments in some instances. 

Outside of that, while other data seems to be emerging, weed isn't yet replacement for much else.

Used correctly it can be a great lifestyle supplement though.

For me it ads a nice dimension to workouts, music and the odd sci-fi film or podcast. 

Growing it is rather interesting and the subculture of growers is a pretty helpful crowd. 

Which reminds me...I need to remind CC that it's planting season haha