1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Darcy water Grave sports stalk coasters with me. Dars such 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: a good Kiwi word that isn't it stink? And I 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: love that, Yeah, because you use it a lot. I 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: definitely record you using cricket with a guy who was 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: doing law and he was in a courtroom watching the 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: proceedings and a judge passed down a decision for this 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: young fellow being caught doing something stupid. He goes, do 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: you have anything to say for yourself? And you mean, yes, 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: stink judge. I also think it's it's probably a strong 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: marker that you come from South or West Auckland, like 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: yourself and myself. Yeah, well I'm kind of from Christian 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: to Westalk. Anyway, Where were we? Ali Katoa, I know 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: what's happened here? We surgeries? Well what he got three 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: knocks to the head, and the big thing about this 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: is eventually surgery. Yeah. Well he's been in and he's 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: had some fluid removed from his brain. Apparently he's okay. 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,319 Speaker 1: He's been on social media saying, look, I can't get 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: back to anyone. I'm sorry about that because he's obviously 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 1: recovering from having holes cut in his head. I don't 20 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: know to find the details of brain surgery. But what 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: happened Lehi Hoppow White? They're one of his teammates right 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: before the game started, collided with him. Look at the video, 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: shoulders straight to the chin and that would have knocked 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: your average human out. But he's wobbly. But because it 25 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: didn't happen within the confines of the game, the independent 26 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: doctor couldn't go and do anything. And then their doctors 27 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: possibly didn't see it. So they're like, are you okay? 28 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm fine? Well, what's up with him that he personal responsible? 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: You think a lot of rugby players, yeah, would go, oh, 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: it's okay, we'll just you know, throw it on playing internationally. 31 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: But this is yeah, so would has made White he 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: said anything? What if anyone said we don't know, there'd 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: be more of an investigation. Sure, But what happens when 34 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: he get his well, then the way it knocked him down, 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: you'd suggest he'd be Hi straight at the park. He would. 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: Then he in and again, then he got had again 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: and that while I'm something rotten, but that was that. 38 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: He got an HIA inspection, but he was okay. Then 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: he came back on again. There was a third one 40 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: when he was The first two are friendly. Five the 41 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: third woman's son white, and he got cleaned out again 42 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: and he went and got an HI means you can't 43 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: come back. So that was that. But he should have 44 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: got the first time. And I struggle to feel sorry 45 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: for people if they don't have personal responsibility. We don't know, 46 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: you've got a whack to the head. I don't feel 47 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: I'm going back in again. I mean it's a very 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: manly thing to do. Is hard nuck, and he can't 49 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: lay it all with him because he really wanted to play. 50 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: The problem is the ruling within rugby league that says 51 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: the independent doctor has nothing to do with it and 52 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: tell the whistles blown to start the game. That's the problem. 53 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: If he had have been looked at beforehand, or an 54 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: independent dropped fighting around the look at that, it might 55 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: have been different. The thing is to see the pictures 56 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: of it. He looks terrible. We really feel for the guy. 57 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: I mean he's an absolute weapon of a player too. 58 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: The thing here is their professionals, they're surrounded and help. 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: He got into an ambulance and he got out and 60 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 1: he got This happens at a lower level. This happens 61 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: with club rugby or club rugby league. Go ahead and 62 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: go to sleep with the headache. Don't wake up. This 63 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: is why moms don't want to let their sons play 64 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: rugby and we'll be talking about that with Paulhu Harris 65 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: and the Night. Thank you, Darcy, let me get to this, 66 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: Darcy water Grave Sports Coast to be back at seven 67 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 69 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.