Polly concussed but okay

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Just posting this here for those that may have missed it.

Polly and Thorp clashed heads in a marking contest early on in the Coburg vs Werribee game and knocked each other out. They were out cold before they hit the ground. Both are okay and Polly came to shortly afterwards on the ground and removed his mouthguard and was talking to the trainers. Polly went off on a stretcher with the precautionary neckbrace but Phil Clearly on the boundary said Polly is okay thankfully.

[Fishfinger]

Double whammy for Polak.
Thorpe got him with a left cross to the chin which rocked his head back a split second before the head clash.

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Polly off for tests just to be sure but he's okay they are saying.

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Cleary was able to have a talk with Polly. Polly doesn;t remember what happened but he's okay and able to smile about it.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Him coming off on a stretcher was the 2nd story on Channel 9 news tonight.

Prognosis was he came off for precaution is resting at home tonight and will be right to play next week.

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Him coming off on a stretcher was the 2nd story on Channel 9 news tonight.

Prognosis was he came off for precaution is resting at home tonight and will be right to play next week.

ABC news said the same thing.

[FNM]

They may not be the most glamorous things, but wear a helmet, Polly
Glad he's okay

[Penelope]

Agree FNM he wore a helmet for a while, but then stopped. Should do so again.

[TigerLand]

Agree FNM he wore a helmet for a while, but then stopped. Should do so again.

I still think Polak can play at AFL level.

At the end of the day, he's lucky to be alive and has come back and made an AFL return and as recent as the last month has had back to back BOGs at VFL level. Be a great story for Polak to be a AFL regular again and be apart of an AFL premiership with us. But at the end of the day I dont think there would be any shame in Polak hanging up the boots, life is more important than football.

Glad he's OK. Didn't enjoy watching it at all.

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Polak concussed in head clash
BRENT DIAMOND
June 27, 2010
 

RICHMOND utility Graham Polak is likely to go back to wearing a helmet after being concussed in a sickening head clash in the opening minute of the Coburg Tigers' VFL clash with Werribee at Chirnside Park yesterday.

It is just two years since Polak received serious head injuries after being struck by a tram.

The Tigers' hierarchy feared the worst yesterday after Polak collided with former Hawthorn youngster Mitch Thorp in a marking contest. Polak was carried off on a stretcher and neither player took any further part in the match.

Polak, 26, returned to the bench in the second quarter before going home.

When he made his long-awaited return to the AFL late last season, he wore protective headgear. But he hasn't worn a helmet for the majority of this season.

Coburg coach David Newett said Polak would have scans this week and was uncertain whether he would return to the field next week.

"I don't know if that's [a helmet] going to help him at all … it was just what the doctor recommended to him when he returned to footy," Newett said. "There was a great deal of concern for Graham knowing his history. Any player that suffers concussion, it's always a worrying concern.

"It's the same with any concussion. The doctors will have to monitor him and assess him and judge him, and take in [his history].

''I'm sure Graham will want to play next week, but it will probably come down to a decision midweek.''

The former Docker was elevated from the rookie list at the start of the season after being re-selected by the Tigers as a mature-age rookie.

Newett is confident Polak still has a future at Punt Road and will resume where he left off this season as a dominant ruckman and forward for Coburg. He has played just three AFL matches this year.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/polak-concussed-in-head-clash-20100626-zaz8.html

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Not on the net but this is in today's Herald-Sun ......

Agony for Polak
By HOWARD LEIGH
Sunday Herald-Sun
27 JUN 2010, Page 72


COBURG coach and Richmond development coach David Newett has denied the career of defender Graham Polak is in jeopardy after he was knocked unconscious in a collision in yesterday's VFL match against the Werribee Tigers.

Polak, 26, was stretchered from the field in a neck brace after a head clash with Werribee and former Hawthorn player Mitch Thorp 46 seconds into the game.

He was about to mark when Thorp tried to spoil. They clashed heads and crashed to the ground face first.
Polak received treatment for concussion and was examined by a club doctor.

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick went to the Coburg rooms to check on Polak's condition.

"It was a frightening situation for both of them but the good thing is that Polak is OK,'' Hardwick said.

Polak left the ground before halftime.

Thorp was treated for concussion, a bleeding mouth, bruised lip and didn't return to the field.

Polak, who has played two AFL games with Richmond this season, was not wearing a protective head guard. He has dispensed with the guard he wore in 2009 after he returned to VFL and AFL football after suffering a brain injury when struck by a tram.

Werribee weathered a last quarter stuff by Coburg to win by seven points.

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Polak recovers from head clash
richmondfc.com.au
3:34 PM Sun 27 June, 2010

Graham Polak has recovered well from a head clash suffered during the first quarter of yesterday’s VFL match between Coburg and Werribee at Chirnside Park.

Polak was carried from the field on a stretcher after colliding with Werribee’s Mitch Thorp.

He recovered quickly and rejoined team-mates on the interchange bench during the second quarter, before leaving the ground and returning home to rest.

Polak was cleared of any damage this morning when assessed by club doctor Greg Hickey.

He will be monitored closely in the coming days, before a decision is made about his chances of playing this weekend.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/96992/default.aspx

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Ch 9 news tonight just said Polak is weighing up his football future.

[1965]

Ch 9 news tonight just said Polak is weighing up his football future.

Almost the perfect solution, let him go out on his own terms.

AND give him a farewell game. 

 

[mightytiges]

Maybe time for the Club and him to sit down about his future post-2010. No point risking his health and life outside of footy for just the next two months if we are going to cut him at the end of year anyway. If Polly does play out of the season then he will have to wear a helmet. Footy is a 360 degree collision game and accidental clashes to the head such as yesterday can happen.