Brutal Rugby Knockouts and Concussions

...in the game but one good kick and a decent kick chase and Exeter are now 30 yards away from Saracen's tri-line. This is Oli Atkins, Australian in his second season with the club. Started much in the premiership recently. Oh that is a high tackle. Oh dear. Come here please. Oh dear. It's Brad Barrett who knows doesn't he? Yeah. Nick, you teed this game up perfectly. Talking about we had no concerns, no effort yesterday but this is it here. Jeff Parlin, really good carry. It's a swinging arm. They could both be in trouble now. I guess Barrington's only mitigating factor is that Brad is, oh I mean, when they're not in control and they can't guarantee they're going to hit low. There may well be Chiefs fans watching this one. Initial is high by yourself. What is then clear on the footage is the shoulder direct to the head at horse. That leaves a little option. This guy is sent from the field of play. It's a red card. Direct contact with the shoulder to the head of the player on the floor. That's a red card. I'm sorry. It's the saddest of endings to Richard Barrington's 100th game for Saracen's. He has been within ten minutes and for the first time in 2017, the new redefined head high regulations seen in all their glory. He's gone. Well that's exactly the point Nick. There's no malice in that. He is obviously devastated. He's just as devastated that Jeff Parlin's still lying prostrate on the field but this is exactly what it's been brought in to change people's behaviors, to change people from stepping in and assisting Jeff Parling and Richard Barrington have left the pitch and it looks like Richard Barrington's going to have a few words with Jeff Parling as he's as he's taken off his heat. That's nice. Won't ease the pain but it's um it's good to see nonetheless. Yeah absolutely. You can see how gutted he is. He didn't mean it. You can see that Vincent Cox hit him with a with a front of his head straddling his chin. Sunnyville Williams are against straight down. They're going to have to make it 17-5 with 20 minutes gone. Ian Myler exchanged penalties before the match turning incident on 34 minutes. Samuel Minoa caught a restart and sent north powering in at the corner as he grounded the ball. A stray leg from Nathan Hughes made contact with his head. After a long consultation with the TMO, referee Craig Maxwell-Key showed red to Hughes. Saints down to 14 for the remainder of the match. Wonderful clearance from him but Gerrard away to Mitchell with a quick throw in. Gio Aplon has stayed down. And eventually Laurence Fadimeva deciding that he can't allow play to continue. Well he's looking very uncomfortable. So watch Reinhardt Elstad's elbow because unfortunately that's the offensive object. Boom and he's sleeping. Like a rag doll. He was looking very uncomfortable on the ground there. Well they've got some of the best medical staff in the business so they'll be checking on him. Oh that's just a terrible image. He's taken, he's been absolutely polluxed. Safety first. Scrum wide, carrying the ball. After seeing the replay. He isn't. Somehow Wales survive for the moment. Knock on. Even so the penalty is going back. Doesn't get any better. That looks to be as though he is definitely concussed. Got to start attacking. Get a bit more width on the ball. Excellent hoist onto Involvo. No arms at all. Kirchner. Tio. Tio has handed off an ospreys. Let's have another look at the instant Tio. No not at all. He actually runs into him with his ball carrying arm doesn't he. That's okay Derek for me unless you can see something else there. Let's play on. Ben Tio. Former rugby league player. Defend on Sam Davis. John it looks like a stain. Hands it on to Pretorius. Kirchner got past the initial tackle of Fruin. Now Dupreer. Oh damn me. I don't think he's getting up from that. No. So I'm in the way. Now which one of the Franks was that? Whichever one it was he has not missed. Owen I suspect. No it's because I got in the way. I think it's Franks the younger. Oh boy that's a Yeah. Very careful here. Look at the eye closed over already. That's not a good sign. If you put your hand down. Well the impact of this you could hear it from up here. Look at the way that Franks comes in. That's legitimate. He's hit him in the chest and the shoulders obviously caught the top of the head region as well. But look at these. He's only eyed him. Oh it's a head clash. So he's hit him with his shoulder. Unfortunately his head has collided as well. Look at the impact. Wasn't helped either because he was getting pushed from behind too wasn't he? He was. The smaller the back. Not a pretty sight. So unfortunately they're losing everything tonight. The game and they're losing the contact war as well. It's a high one up. Chasing this is Jason. Emery he's going to be in a lot of trouble because. 100%. He has. Oh my goodness. You would have to say it's a minimum yellow card. He could be facing red Emery because that is very very. That cannot get more dangerous than that. That is very close to a major major neck injury. Look at that. Wow. Okay it's a very dangerous act of foul play. So it's a red card. But just as 30 men were restored to the field with a return of Burrell. Thompson received the yellow card of his own for taking out George North in the air. Luckily the Wales winger was okay to continue.