When are the top teams going to learn they have to take this seriously?
IMO, the NZRU take concussion more seriously than most other rugby organisations; certainly more so than Top 14 managers (Monsieur Noves, I'm looking at you). We stand our players down well beyond the minimum time, and on their return if there is the slightest sign of trouble, they are stood down again (Dane Coles, Ben Smith, Charlie Ngatai, Keiran Read, Richie McCaw et al). We were doing this before PCAT, HIA and concussion protocols were even a thing!
I've watched the match twice now, plus a couple of times in extended highlights reels including the first few minutes. I never noticed it until this thread. While its obvious when pointed out, its not that obvious if its not (the Moonwalking Bear effect) evidenced by the fact that none of the match commentators (neither Aussie Fox Sports nor NZ Sky Sport), nor the post match analysis guys on either side of the Tasman saw it. This first time anyone raised this issue in the media was in the Sporting News in the the early hours of Sunday morning. Even the daily telegraph didn't pick up on this until 2 hours ago.
Difficult to believe someone from the NZ medical staff didn't see what the TV audience saw???
I not believe for one second that the NZ medical or coaching staff would have seen that and ignored it. That type of thing simply is not part of the culture in NZ rugby any more... especially at the top end of the game.
I don't know how you operate in the NH, but in NZ and Australia, we have sideline medical staff and an independent doctor watching on their own video device which they have control over as regard replays. In essence, if they see something, they don't have to ask for a replay, they just do it themselves; they can play back any part of the play independently (rather like a TiVo or a MySky decoder). Its a great system, but like any such system, it has a flaw.... you actually have to see or notice something first. If you miss it in real time you aren't going to know to check for a replay.
I disagree with your suggestion that the TV Audience saw it. They didn't at the time, otherwise something would have been said on Saturday night.
Did you notice it before it was brought up? Be honest now!
ETA
SANZAAR are investigating
"Williams appeared lucid in a television interview after Saturday's game and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said the following day that no one had noticed him suffering any adverse effects from the collisions.
"I think everyone missed it to be fair, otherwise the HIA doc would have taken him off," Hansen told reporters referring to the Head Injury Assessment personnel.
"Our doc certainly would have taken him off."