{"id":72028,"date":"2021-05-17T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=72028"},"modified":"2021-05-17T04:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T04:57:41","slug":"vlandys-gobful-to-critics-of-foul-play-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=72028","title":{"rendered":"V'landys' gobful to critics of foul-play crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLC chairman Peter V'landys has hit those in opposition to the wholesale crackdown on foul play<\/a> with a frank rebuttal, declaring it's "crucial" because "you've got a lifetime in retirement".<\/p>\n

The ARLC's dramatic shift in how it governs high tackles and other forms of foul play<\/a> sent thousands of fans and many experts into a frenzy during Magic Round.<\/p>\n

Three-time Dally M medallist and Nine commentator Johnathan Thurston was among the fiercest critics of the interpretation overhaul<\/a>, declaring the game was "built on toughness" and slamming some of Friday night's sin-bins as "ridiculous".<\/p>\n

"Come on, this is rugby league," Thurston said.<\/p>\n

Eight players were sin-binned across two games on the opening night of Magic Round and, by the end of the weekend, referees had enforced 14 sin-bins and three send offs in the Suncorp Stadium 'carnival'.<\/p>\n

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V'landys insisted that he had launched the clampdown on foul play for the betterment of players in retirement.<\/p>\n

"There is no reason to hit anyone in the head – accidental, wilful or reckless. You just stay away from the head and that's the message you've got to get to these players," V'landys told Ray Hadley on 2GB radio.<\/p>\n

"This is for their long-term benefits. You've got a finite period as a player and you've got a lifetime in retirement. We want to give you quality in retirement; we don't want you to have the after-effects of head knocks. That's what it's all about."<\/p>\n

\"Papenhuyzen<\/p>\n

V'landys has developed a reputation for being a no-frills, unapologetic and defiant operator in his positions as ARL chairman, Racing NSW chief executive and NSW Harness Racing Club CEO.<\/p>\n

Since being appointed to the helm of the ARLC he's pushed the government into resuming the 2020 season on May 28 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced the six-again rule, consistently bagged the AFL and made several giant calls on expansion. He recently said Queensland could have a fifth NRL club by 2027.<\/p>\n

V'landys said he had an obligation to be gung-ho in the fight against head injuries.<\/p>\n

"I would be irresponsible if I didn't take this action and I didn't take it as hard as I did," V'landys said.<\/p>\n

"The only way people learn and you get the outcomes is by giving them the harshest penalty."<\/p>\n

V'landys drew a comparison between the ARLC's extreme action against foul play and World Rugby's full-tilt move in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Punishing high contact with red and yellow cards (send offs and 10-minute sin-bins respectively) eventually led to a much cleaner game. Concussion rates at the 2019 Rugby World Cup dropped by 28 per cent from the global average in 2018.<\/p>\n

"I was interested this morning when I was reading an article by (The Sydney Morning Herald's) Adam Pengilly<\/a> where it said that in the rugby union in 2017 they tried penalising and it got them nowhere. They tried sin-binning and sending them off and concussion reduced dramatically," V'landys said.<\/p>\n

"People changed their behaviour, they got the outcome they needed and that's exactly what we have to do with rugby league.<\/p>\n

"I don't think people realise that the most crucial thing rugby league has ever faced in its history is how you're going to respond to concussion.<\/p>\n

"If you don't respond quickly and you don't respond methodically there will be no game in 15 years – and I am confident of that. I have seen a lot of research, et cetera, and as I say, we need to do it now and we need to do it as quickly as possible."<\/p>\n

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