Injuries And Suspensions

[wassy04]

Regardless of the rules, Wood flying to the other side of the globe not 100% fit to play two international games is an absolute failure by someone at the club.

Got to question our medical/physio department this year regardless. Feels like it shouldn't take the NZ medical team to spot a season ending injury.

That's because it wasn't season ending when he was given permission to go there which he should never had been given.

If it wasn't season ending and he was fit to travel then nothing we can do and was just bad luck if it got irritated with NZ. If it was then it's bad it wasn't diagnosed sooner. The system with internationals and injuries isn't great as you have conflicting priorities. However, those are the rules. He was not given permission, the rules say he is automatically allowed to go. If anything he'd need permission to stay back.

Come on Wassy there is plenty we can do, look at Johnno for example.

Woods missed the last game because he was injured (besides being ineligible) so we had every right to keep him in Nottingham.

It's very naive to think otherwise.

It's also very naive to think you can just stop players going because you don't want them to get injured. I suspect the decision is largely up to the players. I'd be interested if someone internal had an insight into the process for all players. As I said if he wasn't fit to travel then the medical team should be doing whatever is required. If he was, it's bad luck.