Interesting. I hadn't actually looked in to the specific stages of the tests before (https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player ... a-protocol if anyone is interested) but the issue here is probably more to do with me expecting anything Jones says to be completely honest or in good faith.Timbo wrote:I believe they do 3 HIA’s. Initial one is when the player is first removed and determines whether they come back on the field. Second is something like 30-60 minutes after the first one. If you fail that one there’s another around 4 hours after the initial head knock. Any signs or symptoms from the third HIA- cognitive tests, nausea, head or neck ache etc- then you have to go through GRTP protocol.Mikey Brown wrote:Just watching the post match press conference, god knows why, he's struggling to go a few minutes at a time without insulting everybody asking the questions. Dombrandt to see a specialist tomorrow and Ford "not promising" but unsure, odd he answers that way after pointedly refusing to speculate on Dombrandt.Scrumhead wrote:
Well the obvious answer would be Billy, but I guess we’ll see …
Also said Schickerling didn't fail his HIA??? WTF was happening then? Was it an error on the chyron or did he really sub Goodrick-Clarke on at TH, after bringing Collier back on (having subbed him off at 28 minutes) for a guy that passed his HIA prior to half-time? Something doesn't add up there.
So (just a guess) possible he failed the initial hia, but passed the subsequent one during/at the end of the second half.
The link above says the 3rd stage is 36-48 hours after, so it's possible at the time of the press conference Billy hadn't done his 3rd test, which he then went on to pass? Shickerling either a) passed his HIA 1 and stayed off the field for the rejected Collier for some unknown reason b) failed HIA 1, but passed HIA 2 later on which is what Eddie (perhaps disingenuously?) is referring to in the PC.
I'll try not to lose too much more sleep over this.
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