Stuart joins rivals in ripping doctors' bizarre calls

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Canberra Raiders manager Ricky Stuart has teed disconnected connected the NRL's autarkic doctors aft fullback Sebastian Kris was forced disconnected the crushed earlier returning.

The Raiders No.1 was summoned to the sheds by the doc successful the 2nd fractional aft contesting a precocious ball, but returned to play the remainder of the match.

Stuart unloaded aft the Raiders' one-point nonaccomplishment to the Cowboys, claiming that the autarkic doctors were fixed powerfulness due to the fact that the NRL and Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) "don't spot coaches".

"Do you deliberation I'd fto a subordinate play if they had a concussion oregon is concussed?" helium asked.

"I don't conscionable spot the players' comments erstwhile they travel to the sideline successful regards to that."

Kris was 1 of 2 Raiders players forced disconnected for HIA's with Corey Harawira-Naera besides taken into the sheds.

While Stuart agreed that Harawira-Naera needed to travel off, helium was little convinced astir Kris' departure from the field.

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"When he's (Kris) down getting his limb attended to and I inquire him and determination was nary fatigue and nary symptom successful his eyes successful regards to erstwhile helium came off, helium was precise coherent," Stuart said.

"That didn't assistance america successful that game. That's wherever I speech astir toughness (of the team), determination was 2 of them.

"Yep OK, Corey whitethorn person had the HIA. We had to service 2 players determination successful precise important positions for 30 minutes successful that game. But the RLPA, they don't spot coaches.

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"All they privation to bash is travel speech to maine astir however overmuch much clip disconnected the players are going to get and however overmuch much money."

Stuart suggested that the RLPA's priorities were retired of bid arsenic helium raised concerns implicit the humidity successful Townsville.

"I didn't perceive anyone from the RLPA travel retired and effort and spell to the NRL successful regards to playing up present astatine 4.30pm successful the afternoon," helium said.

"We were precise fortunate it wasn't the humidity of what it was yesterday due to the fact that I deliberation it could've been unsafe for the players' welfare."

The seasoned Raiders manager is acold from the lone mentor to person taken contented with the autarkic doctors' powerfulness successful circular one, with his Bulldogs counterpart Cameron Ciraldo besides near "confused" implicit a akin incident.

Bulldogs winger Jacob Kiraz was ordered disconnected the crushed successful the archetypal fractional of his side's nonaccomplishment to the Sea Eagles, and his manager did not cognize why.

"I was confused too, due to the fact that I didn't spot him get knocked," said Ciraldo.

"Obviously idiosyncratic picked it up. We were successful a bully spot, we had them connected their enactment and we were looking beauteous good, truthful for that alteration to hap with a batch of disorder astir it, we didn't grip that existent well.

"I haven't seen the incidental wherever helium got deed yet, helium mightiness person got a large sound connected his caput but helium was intelligibly fine. It made things hard for us, but it is what it is and they're the rules. We person to beryllium amended astatine managing that play there."

There was besides contention connected Friday nighttime erstwhile Knights prima Kalyn Ponga was forced from the field, with his manager Adam O'Brien accusing the doctors of "jumping astatine shadows".

Veteran Dolphins manager Wayne Bennett besides called for the existent strategy to beryllium scrapped, urging the league to spot clubs to marque the close decisions.

"The solution is marque the clubs much accountable, that's what I'm saying," helium said.

"Get the feline retired of the box, due to the fact that that's wherefore the NRL enactment him successful there, to beryllium trusted capable to marque the close decision.

"We realised that past twelvemonth (the strategy had flaws) but thing changed with it.

"Instead of taking the brushed options and pandering to clubs who bash the incorrect happening … the clubs person to ain it.

"When they (the NRL) had a fewer moments successful the past fewer years (to ace down connected nine doctors not cracking down connected concussions), they didn't punish the clubs enough."

"If you marque clubs much accountable, you don't request an autarkic doctor.

"The NRL person to punish clubs with dense fines oregon a points deduction if you permission these players connected the tract erstwhile they request to travel off."

Stuart was asked astir his aged rival's comments, and made his feelings clear.

"I don't hold with him precise often, but yea I bash (agree)," helium said.

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