The NRL is allegedly looking into how Melbourne handled head knocks to Cameron Munster and Harry Grant during their massive win over the Sydney Roosters.
Despite the fact that both of their key players appeared to be concussed, the Storm kept them on the pitch without doing a head injury assessment (HIA).
The NRL’s top medical officer, Andrew Abdo, told the Sydney Morning Herald that the judgements would be reviewed by the competition’s chief medical officer.
Our CMO will check all the angles and footage and see if there were any markers requiring a mandatory HIA,” Abdo said.
Munster temporarily left the field but then returned, which left Roosters coach Trent Robinson questioning whether the incident in which he was hurt deserved his lock Victor Radley to be sin-binned.
Radley was charged with a grade two careless high tackle by the match review panel for his shot on Munster.
“He (Radley) got 10 in the bin, because, was he (Munster) knocked out? And then he comes back on 30 seconds later,” Robinson said after the match.
“So we get 10 in the bin … so should it be 10 in the bin? That’s up to the refs to explain that.”
Try-scoring hooker Grant also remained on the field without a HIA despite a head clash in the second half.
NRL great Johnathan Thurston took aim at NRL officials over that incident in a frustrated post-game spray for officials.
“I want to mention the head knock that he (Harry Grant) got,” he said.
“From my understanding, the rules are if you lie motionless on the ground – which he is motionless – don’t you have to come off straight away?
“He stayed out there another 10 minutes, scores a try and was crucial in that period after the head knock as well.
