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Speaker 1: So the run at straight phenomenons produced as first tragedy.

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Speaker 1: It was a copycat type events Sunday palmits to North.

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Speaker 1: Of course, nineteen year old Ryan Satisfac suffered a traumatic

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Speaker 1: brain injury died as a result. So what to do

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Speaker 1: with anything about this? Richie Barnett, of course, former keiwi's

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Speaker 1: lead captains back with this morning.

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Speaker 2: Good morning mate.

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Speaker 1: Obviously this is a tragedy, but I am always very

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Speaker 1: wary of grabbing headlines and people going nuts. Is this

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Speaker 1: any different to what you and I did as kids?

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Speaker 1: It's bull rush, it's it's lack of front quartal development,

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Speaker 1: it's boys being boys, and what do we do about it?

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Speaker 1: Why is it different now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess it's been. I guess with the media

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Speaker 2: the way it is now, I think it's highlighting certain

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Speaker 2: things that we've never seen before. And this is no

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Speaker 2: different to what we've done when we're young. And you know,

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Speaker 2: sport as risky sport and activities that were seen today

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Speaker 2: in the world that we live in. There are so

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Speaker 2: many other sports and activities that were seen in today's

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Speaker 2: world that are sore, so much more dangerous than what

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Speaker 2: we've seen today. But it's tragedy and respect goes out

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Speaker 2: to the family.

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Speaker 1: Of course, before this tragedy happened, when you looked at

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Speaker 1: Run It Straight, did you form an opinion on it

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Speaker 1: in any way, shape or form.

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Speaker 2: Oh oh, and you've got to be nuts to be fair.

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Speaker 2: I yeah, I mean, I mean, I'm a I get it,

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Speaker 2: and there is some some safety around it with what

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Speaker 2: they're doing currently in an enclosed environment, but you know,

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Speaker 2: it's still head trauma. It's still it's still got risk

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Speaker 2: written all over it. And unfortunately for me, I've I've

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Speaker 2: had a number of friends who have passed away with

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Speaker 2: CTE Paul green back in the day, modor and neuron

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Speaker 2: as well. I've had two players that have passed away

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Speaker 2: with motor neuron. So you know, it sort of sits

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Speaker 2: close to my heart as well. So I'm I'm on

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Speaker 2: that to a few concussions as well, so I'm mindful

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Speaker 2: of it.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's the do you think things that see I'm

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Speaker 1: watching Fisher Harris. When you go see Fisher Harris coming

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Speaker 1: at your full tit or Bunty are fower? I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's league All that Run It Straight is is just

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Speaker 1: an organized form of what happens on a legue or

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Speaker 1: a rugby field on any given Saturday or Sunday, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's minimized, it is, and it's controlled and they

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Speaker 2: show them the technique and you're running straight, so but

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Speaker 2: it's still the impact, but it is controlled, so you

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Speaker 2: can then line up and you don't have any issue

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Speaker 2: with putting your head in the wrong space, although it

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Speaker 2: can happen. So yeah, but it's still impact. It's not

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Speaker 2: concussions that are the problem. It's actually the impact on

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Speaker 2: your brain. And you don't have to have a concussion

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Speaker 2: to have brain bleed.

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Speaker 1: No, do we need to change things? Are things changing

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Speaker 1: or is this just a discussion that will lead nowhere

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Speaker 1: and things will continue the way they do.

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Speaker 2: I think it's just going to continue on. There's not

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Speaker 2: much it's going to happen. They're in the rules of

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Speaker 2: they're lying and the rules of play. There's many other

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Speaker 2: things that are more dangerous than that. You know, base

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Speaker 2: jumping to riding horses, to bike riding, you name it.

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Speaker 2: There are so many more dangerous sports out there that

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Speaker 2: don't get the highlight at the moment because of the

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Speaker 2: death that's happened. Unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: Richie appreciate it Richie Bonnett, former league great, of course.

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