Roosters coach Trent Robinson said rugby league had to keep player safety a priority, but cautioned against making the game “unrecognisable”.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson has cautioned against an NFL-style kick-off change in the NRL, saying the game should be open to adapting for player safety as long as the changes don’t make the game “unrecognisable”.
What that kind of change could look like for the NRL is up for debate, but it’s topical enough that even Robinson said he and veteran forward Jared Waerea-Hargreaves had spoken about it this week. “So, I’m reluctant to lose the brutality that can go off a kick-off and the statement that can be made. And then, because of the brutality is why we’re discussing it as well. There are injuries that do come out of that, that’s why the NFL changed it. I’m a bit on the fence still on what we should do there, and how we do not injure guys, but we don’t want to take out of our games the statement plays as well.
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