The Virtual Terrace • Concussion Interchanges

So round one of the new interchange rule and it seems Catalans have figured out a way to gain an advantage.
I joked after about twenty minutes that they seemed to have forgotten the new rules as they were making interchanges as per last season.
However, it seems they knew exactly what they were doing. Their tactic is to take advantage of the concussion interchange. Twice, players were stripped and ready to replace a “concussed” player before the physio/doctor was even on the field and without any kind of sign the player was concussed, until of course the physio ran up to him on the field patting his head (they didn’t even have a subtle secret sign). Of course, both payers passed the concussion test and returned to the field after the maximum time allowed. One even had a fourteen minute rest just before half time, returning for the kick-off to the second half. In effect, Catalans had four additional interchanges last night.
It wasn’t subtle and it was a clear case of abusing the concussion interchanges to gain an advantage. So what can be done to stop clubs doing this? There’s no point reducing interchanges if it’s possible to get around the rules.

Statistics: Posted by nottinghamtiger — Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:32 am

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