{"id":48554,"date":"2021-03-23T07:22:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=48554"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:00:21","slug":"rorted-gal-shoots-down-talk-of-medical-subs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=48554","title":{"rendered":"'Rorted': Gal shoots down talk of medical subs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cronulla Sharks great Paul Gallen has shot down mounting debate around the introduction of a medical substitution despite a recent spate of serious head knocks in the opening round of the season.<\/p>\n

Roosters coach Trent Robinson raised the possibility of going the way of the AFL who recently introduced an extra man on the bench that can only be used should a club doctors assess an injured or concussed player as "medically unfit" to continue.<\/p>\n

It follows serious match-ending concussions for Eels star Ryan Matterson<\/a> and Roosters skipper Jake Friend<\/a>, whose sides were forced to battle with a man down already this season.<\/p>\n

But Gallen was against the idea, claiming clubs would inevitably find a way to bend the rules outside of their scope.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

"It'll be rorted," Gallen told Wide World of Sports Radio on 2GB.<\/p>\n

"You will have cases like we saw with Cleary on the weekend, clear cut cases, where the bloke is out because someone has hit him with a high tackle. That's a clear-cut case.<\/p>\n

"But then you'll have one the week before where the Brisbane player went down with a sore neck, it was (ruled) a HIA. It had nothing to do with his head.<\/p>\n

"I know your neck and head are very close to each other but it'll be rorted somehow.<\/p>\n

\"Roosters<\/p>\n

"I like the gladiatorial aspect of the game where it's last man standing, you do your best for 80 minutes \u2013 I don't agree with it."<\/p>\n

The introduction of an 18th man has been an initiative floated almost annually by the NRL's competition committee but has yet to eventuate due to concerns about the impact a fresh player would have on the game.<\/p>\n

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