{"id":74053,"date":"2025-08-17T02:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/74053\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T02:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:21:08","slug":"trent-robinson-warns-nrl-could-lose-kick-offs-players-knocked-out-concussions-sydney-roosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/74053\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Robinson warns NRL could lose kick-offs, players knocked out, concussions, Sydney Roosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roosters coach Trent Robinson has reignited the debate over the safety of kick-offs, warning they could become a thing of the past unless the NRL takes action.<\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=nrl&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Robinson and Dragons coach Shane Flanagan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2024-kickoff-debate-concussion-moses-suli-trent-robinson-shane-flanagan-st-george-illawarra-dragons-vs-sydney-roosters-round-8\/news-story\/aa821225412db9d1e9304b62c0c211b8\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">conceded something may need to be done last year<\/a> after Moses Suli was knocked out in a brutal collision with Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson said at the time that the NRL was \u201cgetting to the point where it needs to shift\u201d and after losing Siua Wong to a head clash last Saturday, the Roosters coach issued an even stronger warning. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20252407\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbet.com.au\/betting\/rugby-league\/nrl\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20252408\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbet.com.au\/betting\/rugby-league\/nrl\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reached a point where if we don\u2019t do something about the kick-off we will lose this part of the game,\u201d Robinson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/we-will-lose-this-part-of-the-game-why-roosters-coach-fears-for-future-of-the-kick-off-20250815-p5mnas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no reason you are hitting a player in the head when you can see the target approaching from 50 metres away. That runway should mean a player can avoid the head contact. That means from any part of the body, shoulder, head, whatever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can\u2019t get that right, it will begin the discussion to ban the kick-off altogether. Let\u2019s start by protecting the player on the biggest collision we have in the game. We all love the collision, but three versus one \u2013 we must protect the head from any direct impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robbo talks Roosters new pack leader | 06:25<\/p>\n<p>Former NRL players and Fox League experts Braith Anasta and James Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2024-ban-kickoffs-debate-concussions-james-graham-vs-dean-ritchie-moses-suli-dragons-vs-roosters\/news-story\/ac6db3706445281663ae2edf91ecbdce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">were both against calls to ban the kick-off<\/a> last year in the wake of the Suli incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kick-off is such an integral part of our game,\u201d Anasta said at the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s what brings the fans through the gates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s what we sell subscriptions on TV. It\u2019s why a lot of people watch the game. Yes, it\u2019s the collision, but it\u2019s the build-up. It\u2019s the hype. It\u2019s something that is so unique to our game that other games do not have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we just going, oh, listen, let\u2019s just get rid of the kick-off? It\u2019s an easy thing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosters coach Trent Robinson has reignited the debate over the safety of kick-offs, warning they could become a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-74053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}