{"id":45723,"date":"2025-08-05T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45723\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:32:17","slug":"successful-or-not-nrl-court-cases-shine-spotlight-on-player-safety-after-former-manly-sea-eagles-forward-lloyd-perrett-takes-action-against-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45723\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful or not, NRL court cases shine spotlight on player safety after former Manly Sea Eagles forward Lloyd Perrett takes action against club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perrett\u2019s action, in part, was inspired by former Sea Eagles teammate Keith Titmuss<\/a>. A coronial inquest last year found Titmuss died of exertional heatstroke after a training session in November 2020 that was \u201cmore likely than not inappropriate\u201d.<\/p>\n

The coroner\u2019s recommendations included that the NRL consider a graduated 14-day return-to-training program for players after extended breaks, such as the off-season, individual programs for players given their characteristics, and medical personnel on standby for sessions in which heat illness is a greater risk. Those recommendations came seven years after the Perrett incident.<\/p>\n

\"Lloyd<\/p>\n

Lloyd Perrett of Manly is assisted from the field during a game in 2017.Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to an occupational therapist, and they said it\u2019s survivor\u2019s guilt,\u201d Perrett told this masthead in May 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw the \u2018Keithy\u2019 thing, it was the last straw. That was reaffirmed to me and told me, \u2018You have to do this.\u2019 It\u2019s not about yourself, don\u2019t worry about what people are going to say. You need to improve this for players in the future.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawyers acting for Perrett, Carter Capner, on Tuesday issued a media release declaring the front-rower\u2019s career was ended by an \u201coutlandish training regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Given Perrett was on a contract worth $500,000 a year at the time, and could have potentially had a decade-long NRL career, the claim amount is expected to be in the vicinity of $5 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven he was a very successful player at such an early stage of his career with arguably many good years ahead of him, the potential damages are well into the millions of dollars,\u201d said Carter Capner director Peter Carter.<\/p>\n

While McManus didn\u2019t get the financial outcome he wanted, he felt his lawsuit still served a purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything [positive] has come out of it, there has been a microscope put on it, the risks are better communicated,\u201d McManus said in 2021. \u201cThere is so much at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n

McManus felt it was all worth it because he brought attention to an important player welfare issue. Perrett has just done the same.<\/p>\n

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