Billings played under duress against Richmond

[loris]

There was an excuse for JB being down on possessions and effectiveness against the Tigers.
Ratts said that Billings tore his plantar fascia in the warm up before the game, and to his credit played under considerable duress.

Becoming a common injury at the Saints.

[Ghost Like]

Credit to him. Explains the drop in output after a very good, very consistent first 4 rounds.

[Joffa Burns]

Have had this injury on and off for years from running.
It was explained to me that is was a difficult fix due to being a strong white tendon with minimal blood flow.
Can reoccur for years.

Short term solution for me was cortisone injections into the tendon but this masks the issues and breaks down the tendon if provided ongoing, long term fix was PRP where they draw blood, spin it and inject the platelets & some mix with cortisone back into the tendon.

Not a doctor, this is how I recall it being explained to me.

The complete tear is often seen as a solution but I believe it can cause other stability issues and make you susceptible to other foot injuries.

[saynta]

Yeah, just goes to show that the knockers don't know everything, but the knockers will still knock. It's just what they do.

[bigred]

A lot of us watched under duress too.

[skeptic]

I wonder why they played him then if it was a bit worse then usual...
Saying he played under duress seems to imply it was

Playing severely injury hampered players is a real peeve of mine... neither we as a club or Billings anything from that

[cwrcyn]

May also explain his form tailing off after round five in 2020. It's probably been giving him hell since then.

[Ghost Like]

I wonder why they played him then if it was a bit worse then usual...
Saying he played under duress seems to imply it was

Playing severely injury hampered players is a real peeve of mine... neither we as a club or Billings anything from that

I think it happened at the beginning of the match, I'm not sure it was a choice of anyone. My guess.

[saint6709]

I’ve had it - it took years to completely go ( I’m
Old though ) hopefully they don’t need to inject him before every game

[Impatient Sainter]

A real gutsy effort by Jack. We now know why he didn't rotate through the middle.

[MickThomas]

I wonder why they played him then if it was a bit worse then usual...
Saying he played under duress seems to imply it was

Playing severely injury hampered players is a real peeve of mine... neither we as a club or Billings anything from that

I think it happened at the beginning of the match, I'm not sure it was a choice of anyone. My guess.

Ratts said it occurred in the pre-match warmup.
Not in the game per se