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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 13, 2010, 01:14:43 PM
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Bench cap 'won't stop injuries'
* Bruce Matthews
* From: Herald Sun
* May 13, 2010 11:41AM
ANY move to restrict interchange use could lead to more injuries to key players, Richmond midfielder Daniel Jackson said this morning.
Jackson said today keeping the best players on the field for longer would leave them vulnerable as they became weary late in the game.
"I've had hamstring issues from 2006 onwards and I've actually found this year I've had less troubles,’’ the Tiger said.
"The game is very, very quick now. But my opinion on capping interchanges is that you're going to have more fatigued players doing more fatigue injuries which is hamstring-related, calf-related, any of the soft-tissue stuff.
"When you're fatigued, that's when you're at the highest risk, so if you can't rotate, I don't reckon it necessarily means you're going to be less likely to get injured.
"It's very hard to reverse a change, it's easier to go forward than back.
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"Once the game is this fast and we're used to running around at that pace, we're only going to be trying to emulate it again and again.
"So I know I'll just be running myself into the ground. Whether that's actually a good spectacle in the end, it will be interesting to see.’’
Jackson said the Tigers remained upbeat, despite the a horrible final-quarter fadeout against Adelaide, and were working on maintaining an aggressive approach to match Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday.
"There was certainly a lot we did take from it again. They (Crows) went out there to win the game, we probably went out to save it a little bit, went into our shells rather than continue what we had done for three quarters,’’ Jackson said.
"But it has put us in good stead for later in the year and eventually we'll put one of these four quarter games together and it will make a big difference.
"There's light at the end of the tunnel, each week we can see the progressions we've made whereas last year was bit more of a downhill spiral, no one really knew what they were doing, no-one knew what was going to happen the next 12 months.
"So, at least we have those answers now which makes Mondays and Tuesdays which were the tough days of the week a bit easier.’’
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/bench-cap-wont-stop-injuries/story-e6frf9jf-1225865961741