Aviva Premiership 16/17 - Round 8 and 9

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Rested
Philips is genuinely terrible, he's so slow at the ruck and his kicking is just shocking. All he's interested in is trying make a break off the back of the ruck

Tiger grand plan was to make Phillips look World class so he would def be Sales number 1 choice.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bet Charnley's considering retiring from rugby union and turning up at Wigan preseason

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

The price that Sale will have to offer Ford will now be 1.5 million.

 

[Which Tyler]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38227807

Wales winger George North has been stood down from playing by Northampton until he has had an independent assessment of the head injury he suffered against Leicester on Saturday.

North, 24, was tackled in the air by Tigers winger Adam Thompstone but passed the pitchside assessment.

Saints reiterated that North did not lose consciousness after the check.

However, they added that they did not have access to full television footage of the incident at the time.

"As at every Premiership match, the Saints' medical team has access to video footage to be used to assist the pitchside assessment of injuries," said a club statement.

"It is important to note this video footage is not always the full range of replay angles available to the TV viewing audience at home.

"If evidence suggesting a loss of consciousness had been available to the medical team at the time of assessment, George would not have been allowed to return to the field of play."

BBC Sport has approached Premiership Rugby for a response regarding Northampton's claim that they did not have a full range of television footage at their disposal.

Meanwhile, the club has not given a timescale on how long the independent review will take to complete.

Bolded part - Aren't they lying there? I'm sure there was a big thing at the beginning of the season saying precisely the opposite - that medical teams can request any footage whatsoever that they want - we had a thread on it here.

http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/concussion-management-boosted-ground-breaking-new-system/

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah, I remember them bringing that in as well - they basically have the kind of access the TMO has (all angles, slowmo etc.)

 

[Which Tyler]

http://www.therugbyforum.com/threads/38154-New-concussion-monitoring-system



ETA: I don't have twitter - could anyone who does please ask the Rugby Tonight guys how they square the PRL announcement with the Saints statement please?