Most ACL's are non-contact (~75%). So they go during change of direction movements or sometimes when you land from a jump and hyperextend it. Basically it comes down to the shearing forces from the change in direction experienced by the ligament are greater than it can handle. The mechanisms...
Just quietly the number of soft-tissue injuries we've had over the last 3 months is a bit of a concern. I know most performance department's deem them as preventable injuries so I have to question what's going on? Hodges is always going to be at risk due to his long history of them as previous...
I don't know where this obsession with getting weight off players comes from. Sailor was at or over 100kg during his career, so is Tuqiri and I'm pretty sure Folau was at or around 100 during his time with the Broncos. In an age where a good kick return is so important, having a guy at that sort...
How do you be disappointed in a bloke you pull after 20 minutes and then leave on the bench for the rest of the night? Who at that point had done the most defensive work of anyone on the park (21 tackles). Can someone explain to me how that is Kennedy's fault and not Griffin's?