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Thread Where Australians Talk About Australian Things ('Tis the extended Ashes season...)
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donnymurph
Dogs, Cows, Broncos, Tigers, Storm, Eagles, Knights, Sharks.
Dogs vs Parra is always a blockbuster, regardless of how far apart they are on the ladder.
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donnymurph
Also, there should be more send-offs, was glad to see the ref's not take the soft option in the Cows/Dragons game.
Didn't watch the game, but I agree.
I'm on 5. In my main comp, 2 people are on 7 and 13 people are on 6.
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donnymurph
Yeah, Broncos and Knights brought me undone.
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EdantheDwarf
After I save up a bit of money I was thinking of going somewhere, any really fun things to do in Australia?
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donnymurph
any really fun things to do in Australia?
Where to start?
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164232
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donnymurph
Of course. What I mean is what do you find fun, Edan?
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EdantheDwarf
Some hiking, food, pretty landscapes (and nice women...) I also figured a zoo and out on a boat to fish.
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Berndorf
I have a question for all the rugby fans here, which is how common it is for guys to get concussions or head type injuries while playing rugby. I ask because I was in a bit of a debate on what the nfl might do to limit the number of concussions they have and someone said that less padding would prob be better because the helmets used in american fb give players a feeling of invincibility which leads to more head to head type tackles. I agreed with him and someone else kept saying that it would only lead to more concussions and I said the best way to know would be to look at the number of concussions found in rugby so here I am asking. thx ahead for any replies
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donnymurph
That's comparing apples with oranges. Gridiron is a much higher impact game. Rugby league typically has impacts of 6-7G with high impacts at around
11G
. Gridiron often has impacts as high as
150G
! (That number seems sensational to me, but apparently Popular Mechanics is quite a reputable source).
The reason they introduced padding into gridiron was because there were something like 35 deaths a year. Even with the padding, there are still deaths, just fewer.
I'd say there's probably one concussion per week in the NRL (completely guessing here), but few of them are bad enough to sideline a player the following week.
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donnymurph
I thought now might be a good time to share
this
.
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donnymurph
Yeah, the climate just won't accommodate it.
Are you an Aussie? What part of the country are you from?
I'm Sydney-born, but have lived on the Central Coast, in Canberra, Geelong, Melbourne, and currently live in Brisbane.
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