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RWC: Pool C - Wallabies v Fiji - Monday 18 Sep 2am AEST

cyclopath

cyclopath

George Smith (75)
Staff member
liquor box said:
If stiches keep coming undone then wouldn't staples be an option?

Maybe he needs a wrestling head guard or waterpolo cap under headgear to provide protection?

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Stitches (actually sutures) or staples (skin clips) just hold the skin in apposition so it can heal; they don't provide much structural strength. If a wound gets infected, as his has, it won't heal. You could bolt his ear to his head and it will still not heal. There is very little laxity in the skin on the ear so they are tricky to get right.
 
Running_rugby_1954

Running_rugby_1954

Dave Cowper (27)
I really wish the wallabies would be more open about player injuries. It makes so much sense why he hasn’t been picked now, but it was hard to understand why for a couple of weeks.

They could use it to promote a product and earn money from the medical update.

A few NRL clubs do it to good effect. The Roosters are a good example, they update the team injuries each week and are marketing a health brand.
 
rugbyAU

rugbyAU

Nev Cottrell (35)
We really should be winning this comfortably (whether we do is another question), an extra day turnaround, Slipper & Pone coming back, Kerevi nearing full strength, Fiji goal-kicking issues, we've never lost to Fiji at a WC, coming off a strong win against Georgia, & Fiji haven't yet been able to consistently win games against quality sides.
 
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hammertimethere

hammertimethere

Trevor Allan (34)
liquor box said:
If stiches keep coming undone then wouldn't staples be an option?

Maybe he needs a wrestling head guard or waterpolo cap under headgear to provide protection?

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Of course these are uneducated ideas from an internet forum so they are probably impractical and experts would have an answer.
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Pocock wore a waterpolo headguard for an ear wound on a spring tour a few years ago I think. Might help
Also staples won't help
 
swingpass

swingpass

Peter Sullivan (51)
if Frost has an infected wound, it will have to heal on its own, no suturing will help, only delay. the water polo headgear may be effective, id give the bench spot to Philip and the backrow cover to Leota and go 5/3 split. IFL for White, who starts, Kellaway and Foketi, but i suspect Vunivalu will still be in the 23, Kell or Foketi, probably the latter.
 
Braveheart81

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
cyclopath said:
Stitches (actually sutures) or staples (skin clips) just hold the skin in apposition so it can heal; they don't provide much structural strength. If a wound gets infected, as his has, it won't heal. You could bolt his ear to his head and it will still not heal. There is very little laxity in the skin on the ear so they are tricky to get right.
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swingpass said:
if Frost has an infected wound, it will have to heal on its own, no suturing will help, only delay. the water polo headgear may be effective, id give the bench spot to Philip and the backrow cover to Leota and go 5/3 split. IFL for White, who starts, Kellaway and Foketi, but i suspect Vunivalu will still be in the 23, Kell or Foketi, probably the latter.
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Now everyone's a doctor. ;)
 
Dctarget

Dctarget

John Eales (66)
swingpass said:
well this person actually is, one who deals with wounds every day for the past nearly 30 years
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sorry Swing
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