“Imagine, for a moment, that your pet Labrador was in a similar position. Choc the dog broke his shoulder, but he has a huge dog show in a few days that you have been working towards all year. Do you inject little Choc with some anaesthetic and tell him to push on? Do you cheer as he howls in pain after leaping the hurdle? I don’t think so."The very idea of behaving in such a way is unimaginably cruel. As Choc’s owner, it’s your responsibility to
look after him. Shouldn’t there be someone to look after the welfare of Cooper Cronk?“The decision should not have been his to make. Of course he wanted to play. Rugby league players have shown time and time again that they cannot be responsible for their own safety . . .“This is not something to be celebrated. It’s something to be admonished. It’s not acceptable. Rugby league is already tough enough without these ridiculous acts of hyper-masculinity.”The writer goes on to decry the effect it must have had on the young’uns, encouraging them to ignore pain, too.
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