The former Manly high-performance supervisor who gave support to Keith Titmuss earlier than he died broke down in tears on the coronial inquest into the Sea Eagles participant’s passing.
The inquest heard a number of consultants had concluded he was affected by warmth stroke when he had a seizure after the primary coaching session after the low season.
Mr Titmuss was rushed to hospital, the place he suffered a deadly cardiac arrest.
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Don Singe, the membership’s head of efficiency on the time, pleaded for a proper course of to be launched round when gamers might return to NRL coaching.
The inquest heard Titmuss was the least cardio participant within the Sea Eagles’ NRL squad and had a physique mass index over 35 upon his return to coaching, weighing 116.8 kilograms, and overlaying 6.7 kilometres in a 90-minute out of doors session earlier than transferring indoors.
“Only learning about the heatstroke and temperature in the last two weeks, that’s devastating,” Singe stated.
“To think there’s any possibility (something different could’ve happened).
“At the end of the day, we didn’t know. He was asymptomatic. He didn’t f—ing stumble, he didn’t do anything. I’m not defending myself. I wished to god he would have stumbled or shown me something, then it would have been different.
“I feel like I’m under siege. If it makes it better and gives peace to the family, so (Titmuss’) mum and dad can start the mourning process and they can grieve for their son, I’ll be as useful as I can in this process.
“Maybe we need to address the signs and symptoms of it better. I’m sorry.”
Singe informed the listening to Titmuss confirmed no indicators of misery throughout the indoor portion of the session earlier than complaining he was cramping.
“For the 36 players that completed the session, the numbers may look demanding but looking at the breakdown of metres per minute, max speed and heart rates … it’s a solid session, but it’s not something that would be unusual in the NRL,” Singe stated.
“We talk about Keith like he wasn’t supposed to be there, but he was supposed to be there. He was a good athlete. He was strong and powerful.”
Former coach Des Hasler will communicate on the inquest on Friday.
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
