Truely Tragic Injury – Graham Polak in induced coma
Richmond player, Graham Polak, took two hard hits yesterday. One he already came back from that wasn’t important and one that was the biggest bump of his career that may totally change his life!
During his sides loss to Carlton, Polak took a knee to the side/chest that took him off the ground for a little while but came back on the ground to run out the game. Lets hope the same is true with his recovery from the second bump.
Last night at around 11pm, Graham was crossing Dandenong Road in Melbourne when he was hit by a tram. Early reports where:”
Polak remains in a critical but stable condition, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. Polak was crossing Dandenong Rd near the intersection of Orrong Rd about 11.30pm last night when the accident happened.
Richmond star Graham Polak hit by tram | Herald Sun
Reports this morning indicated that he has quite a serious injury that puts the footy injuries into perspective:
Richmond defender Graham Polak has bruising on his brain and went into an induced coma at the Alfred Hospital after being hit by a tram.
We wish all the best to Graham and his family and he returns to a full and normal life. Some may say returns to footy, which would be great, but I think it is more important that he returns to life, footy is an after thought!
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you know the game is getting soft when players get more injured outside the game (coma, stingray) than during the game…
I think the game is plenty tough enough! Just look at the injury lists for the clubs!
But how much of that is from contact or is it from soft tissue injurys from a specific hard ground and from the spead of the game?
You only need to go to the games and hear the body on body contact from
ground level. The dirty hits are leaving and if you miss them, go watch UFC
or something.
Yes I agree that the hits are just as hard and the Barry Hall hits are not as common but however how many injuries are from hits and body contact? I would suggest most are from over training, hard grounds, body stressed etc and not from hits of the game.