Well said Jack‘Really didn’t like that’: Tigers gun recounts ‘stop the game’ pleas after star teammate’s concussion
David Zita
Fox Sports
June 28th, 2022 9:47 pm
Richmond star Jack Riewoldt believes play should’ve been stopped more quickly in the aftermath of Dion Prestia’s concussion during Saturday’s blockbuster against Geelong.
As medical staff convened around Prestia, play continued to resume, with the Fox Footy commentary team baffled at the continuation, which eventually resulted in a goal to Cats forward Tyson Stengle.
“I was screaming at the umpires, I think there was probably a few of us saying ‘stop the game’ because clearly he was knocked out,” Riewoldt said on AFL 360.
“I’m a bit flat about the minute-and-a-half of play after this; there were multiple times to stop the game. Blokes are kicking the ball over the top of him and the doctors. I thought that could’ve been handled a lot better.
“It’s the duty of care ... you’ve got three medical people looking over a player that’s knocked out in the vicinity of play in the protected zone - it could’ve nearly been 50 metres, he was in the protected zone - and we continued to play that game.
“From a safety point of view I really didn’t like that.”
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Good to know players asking for the game to be stopped. That should counter the argument that it is partly RFCs fault for not asking for the game to be stopped. All eyes are on the common sense of the umpires for failing to look after a player's welfare.