What they should do...

[imamartian]

... if a player goes down injured, they should go off for a full five minutes... the idea is that with H&S regs, they need to get a doctor to assess the player and make sure they're fit to continue. And if it's a genuine injury, 5 mins will help stop blood/take down swelling/ease pain... and if it's not a genuine injury... well they wouldn't go down then would they !!!!

 

[Bilioustrumpstaine]

Bunch of nancy boys, just crack on.

 

[deemac]

Flaming eck, if you stopped the game for 5 mins everytime someone went down the game would never finish!!!!!

 

[joe-90]

Why would they stop the game just cuz he was off the pitch? It's a good idea.

 

[Bilioustrumpstaine]

They would be able to get their hair and make-up touched up in that time.

 

[imamartian]

Flaming eck, if you stopped the game for 5 mins everytime someone went down the game would never finish!!!!!

no, not stop the game.... provide proper medical care while the game continued.... and stop the cheats.... it would work both ways on average over the course of a game

 

[joe-90]

They would be able to get their hair and make-up touched up in that time.

Is that why they call it a 'touch' line?