Ricky Stuart

Ricky Stuart has blasted the NRL and Rugby League Players' Association after his fullback Sebastian Kris was sent for a head injury assessment despite ...

We’re very lucky it wasn’t the humidity it was yesterday because I think it could have been dangerous for the players’ welfare.” “But the RLPA, they don’t trust coaches. “It made things hard for us, but it is what it is and they’re the rules. That was an unbelievable defensive effort,” Stuart said. “Do you think I’d let a player play if he has a concussion or is concussed? He was very coherent.

Ricky Stuart has joined a host of NRL coaches to have hammered the league's independent doctors' HIA calls...

the clubs have to own it. It made things hard for us, but it is what it is and they're the rules. We have to be better at managing that period there." But the RLPA, they don't trust coaches. "When they (the NRL) had a few moments in the last few years (to crack down on club doctors not cracking down on concussions), they didn't punish the clubs enough." [accusing the doctors of "jumping at shadows"](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/news-kalyn-ponga-unhappy-about-hia-call-in-warriors-loss/36a78986-2bb3-4348-bd02-45aa06495007). [Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/wayne-bennettv) also called for the current system to be scrapped, urging the league to trust clubs to make the right decisions. We had to serve two players there in very important positions for 30 minutes in that game. [Cameron Ciraldo](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/cameron-ciraldo) also left "confused" over a similar incident. [Cowboys](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/north-queensland-cowboys), claiming that the independent doctors were given power because the NRL and Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) "don't trust coaches". "When he's (Kris) down getting his leg attended to and I ask him and there was no fatigue and no pain in his eyes in regards to when he came off, he was very coherent," Stuart said. [Canberra Raiders](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/canberra-raiders) coach [Ricky Stuart](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/ricky-stuart) has teed off on the NRL's independent doctors after fullback Sebastian Kris was forced off the ground before returning.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is not a fan of independent doctor after having two players assessed for head injuries during their 19-18 loss to…

It looked spectacular but he said it looked like it was pretty high. “Live, it looked spectacular and because it was playing on, you don’t get to stop and analyse it,” he said. “I’d be interested their feedback.” “We didn’t handle it real well, we let in two tries in that period. It’s not the result we wanted.” It made things hard for us, but it is what it is and they’re the rules. Contact was minimal and the decision borderline. If we didn’t use so much juice in the first half, we win that match. That’s where I talk about toughness [of the team in that game], there was two of them. Definitely surprised, spending 10 minutes off the field. But the RLPA, they don’t trust coaches. We had to serve two players there in very important positions for 30 minutes in that game.

Stuart claimed that the NRL and Rugby League Players' Association (RLPA) do not trust coaches, and that he would never let a player continue to play if they ...

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Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has taken aim at the Rugby League Players' Association (RLPA) following his side's narrow Round 1 loss to the Cowboys.

"If we didn’t have to use so much juice in the first-half, we win that match. "That was an unbelievable defensive effort…they scored two with kicks. [Seibold, Trbojevic return to NRL in style](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/rugby-league/news/nrl-round-1-tom-trbojevic-anthony-seibold-injury-sea-eagles/l6qxqzpydvzc7zpbyvfndbve) I don’t just trust the player’s comments when he comes to the sideline – he is down getting his leg attended to…he was very coherent. For the boys at half-time to still have that energy in their eyes, we were still very confident at half-time that we would finish off that next 40. "I didn’t hear anybody from the RLPA go at the NRL about trying to play up here at 4.30 in the afternoon.

Ricky Stuart has backed Wayne Bennett's call to scrap the NRL's independent doctor and believes clubs should be...

"He was very coherent. "The RLPA, they don't trust coaches," Stuart said. "The NRL - they don't trust coaches," he said.

Ricky Stuart has backed Wayne Bennett's call to scrap the NRL's independent doctor and believes clubs should be...

"He was very coherent. "The RLPA, they don't trust coaches," Stuart said. "The NRL - they don't trust coaches," he said.