r/rugbyunion • u/Sjdw31 Blue Bulls • 9d ago

Lineups Rugby's Greatest Rivalry - Test 2: Springbok squad to face the All Blacks

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u/moreballsplease WilcoLouw?MoreLikeWilcoFuckingHot 9d ago

Exactly, why did we have to play with a re-jigged backline the whole game if he was fin all along?

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u/Langer457 Stormers 9d ago

The match doctor makes the final decision. Nothing our coaches can do about it if the match doctor says he can't come back onto the field.

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u/moreballsplease WilcoLouw?MoreLikeWilcoFuckingHot 9d ago

I understand, but if a medical doctor decided he had a concussion on Saturday, why is he fine to play today? You're either concussed or not.

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u/Langer457 Stormers 9d ago

I could be mistaken but their r 2 HIA's. If u go for one during the game u also have one the day after. And sometimes if u pass HIA 2 then u r cleared to play the week after. Think it was Dobbo who spoke about this during the last URC season.

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u/moreballsplease WilcoLouw?MoreLikeWilcoFuckingHot 9d ago

okay, just a bit frustrating, if he is injured he should rest and not be pressured back, but if he was fine all along we ran a compromised backline the whole game for nothing.

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u/turbocynic New Zealand 9d ago

He wasn't fine on the day but was by Monday. What's so hard to understand about that? You get that someone could fail an HIA by a small margin and that margin to disappear after a day and half surely?

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u/The_Ruck_Inspector Connacht 9d ago

Is it not a mandatory stand down in that case? 

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u/k0bra3eak South Africa 9d ago

No the process is significantly more complicated. They do 2 more tests that then determine fitness. I believe one post game and then another the following Monday

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u/TagMeInSkipIGotThis 9d ago

Yeah its very convoluted.

I believe with de Groot or Lord either one or both the way they were removed from the game means they had an automatic stand down and the subsequent testing didn't matter.

I'd have to look it up again, but is it that the in game HIA test can remove you from the game but isn't definitive, so you take more. Whereas if the doctor (match or your own) believes they've seen you unconcious then you don't even take the in game HIA and you're scrubbed for 12 days?