Several different sports entail heavy impact to the head - Football ball-heading (which is now being discouraged), RU & RL high tackles - and this is exacerbated by the small stature of the receiver, as in scrum-halves.
Indeed Rob Burrow was the smallest player in Superleague and has taken very many high tackles during his career. His personal toughness and strength has allowed him to continue in matches where an average player would be off the field.
It is a massive tribute that his resilience has proved a massive factor in Leeds Rhinos' achievements down the "Golden Generation" years. Bravest of the brave indeed! I doubt that level could be matched by Johnson or anyone else for that matter.
Several fatal brain-damage conditions are being seriously linked with repeated head injuries, not only Motor Neuron disease.
Witness Mohammad Ali's sad end due to Parkinson's disease.
I wouldn't blame Corey Johnson for taking all this to mind and if he decides the risk is simply not worth it, so be it.

Havnt seen much of him myself to be honest, i like what i have seen of him though and he's very highly rated. Still very young though. He's a 2nd year u18 but only misses being the age group lower by 20 odd days, For example...He's same age group as Tindall but nearly 11 month younger.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ch-1890058 Having watched it on the SL show the ref and Agar are correct Watson should apologise for his post game rant and concentrate on his team rather than the refs

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ch-1890058 Having watched it on the SL show the ref and Agar are correct Watson should apologise for his post game rant and concentrate on his team rather than the refs

Thought it looked ok at the time.
Watson's making himself look ridiculous, it's only a week since he was accusing the recipient of Kev Brown's "accidental" head butt of feigning injury.

And the point being if it’s that close that we’re having to watch it back it’s perfectly reasonable for the ref to make that decision in real time.

It was disappointing from Watson. I thought he wasn’t as reactionary as that and was more considered.